Clinico-Epidemiological Profile, Pandemic Influenza A H1N1/2009 and Seasonal Influenza, August 2009-March 2013, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Background: Novel influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged in April, 2009, spread rapidly to become pandemic by June, 2009.

Objective: To study the clinco-epidemiological profile of pH1N1and seasonal influenza (SI) from 2009 to 2013.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective, hospital-based study was done by reviewing medical records for collecting demographic and clinical profile of the study samples.

Service delivery through public health care system to control sexually transmitted infections in Himachal pradesh.

Introduction: The National AIDS Control Organization has designed multiple synergistic interventions to identify and control curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Objective: To assess the impact of services offered at designated STI clinics in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India and the profile of the attending clients.

Materials And Methods: This was a two-year prospective study, conducted from April 2011 to March 2013.

Mycological pattern of dermatophytosis in and around shimla hills.

Introduction: Dermatophytosis is defined as the fungal infection of the skin, hair and nails by a group of keratinophillic fungi known as dermatophytes.

Aims And Objectives: This study is an attempt to find out various species of dermatophytes in clinically suspected cases of dermatophytosis.

Materials And Methods: One hundred samples were subjected to direct microscopy by potassium hydroxide wet mount (KOH) and isolation on culture with Sabourauds dextrose agar.