Pellagra in Rural Bengal

An Outbreak of Pellagra Syndrome in a Rural Area of Bengal

Maculopathy in pellagra.

Pellagra is very common in the rural area of Udaipur, where maize is the staple diet. The condition is due to a deficiency of nicotinic acid in food, and is frequently part of a general malnutrition syndrome. Pellagra manifests as dermatitis, diarrhoea, and dementia; the typical dermatitis (Fig. i) appears in the cooler months, and affects the exposed parts of the body when villagers bask in th...

Aetiology Theories about Pellagra at the End of the Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth Century in the Vision of Romanian Doctors

Pellagra is the prototype of the social disease from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, affecting tens of thousands of people each year, particularly in rural areas. Trying to find a solution for this social plague, medical staff of that time, as V. Babeş, A. Babeş, I. Felix, D. Sergiu, I. Neagoe, have done original researches, with minimal material resources, regarding aetiology ...

Geriatric Disability and Associated Risk Factors: A Community Based Study in a Rural Area of West Bengal, India

Background: Similar to developed countries, aging is increased in India. Because of the epidemiology and demographic transition phase, chronic diseases and disabilities along with health costs are increasing day by day. As social factors and chronic diseases are the major reasons for geriatric disability, the present study was done with the following objectives: to assess and compare the socio-...

Anopheline Diversity: Morphological and Molecular Variation of An. subpictus in Rural and Urban Areas of West Bengal

A systematic survey (March 2012Feb 2013) of Anopheline population in rural(Mogra) and urban(Dumdum) areas of West Bengal has been conducted to know the present population load of Anopheles subpictus. A preliminary attempt has been made to assess the potential morphological (wing) as well as molecular variation of Anopheles subpictus by using ITS-2 sequence primer. A considerable sequence variat...