National Center for Disease Control

A multiregional serosurvey of RNA virus-reactive antibodies in bats and rodents reveals the enzootic presence of flavi- and paramyxoviruses in African Pteropodidae

Bats and rodents have been identified as reservoir hosts of diverse RNA viruses that pose potential risks to humans. However, overall virus prevalence in wildlife and underlying factors determining the zoonotic potential of reservoir-borne viruses remain poorly characterized. Vir...

Malaria in an informal settlement of a socioeconomically disadvantaged population in Rajasthan, a non-endemic state of India, 2024: an epidemiological investigation

In 2024, there were an estimated 3900 malaria deaths in the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Region (WHO-SEAR), of whom India accounted for 89%. In November, 2024, three suspected malaria deaths were reported from an informal settlement near Village A, Sirohi district,...

Analysis of measles outbreaks reported to Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), India, 2019–2023

<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background:</bold> In 2022, an estimated 1,36,000 measles deaths were reported worldwide, mostly in children under five. In 2022, thirty-seven countries reported extensive or disruptive measles outbreaks by the WHO, while only 22 countries reported s...