Mehta Vibha, Rahul J S, Shukla Harsh Vardhan, Pandey Khushboo
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
Department of Neuroanaesthesia, Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
J Lab Physicians. 2023 Mar 6;15(3):472-473. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1761927. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Just as the country has recently dealt with the increase in COVID-19 and monkey pox cases, another dark cloud of "Tomato flu/ Tomato fever" loomed the skies of the nation. As of 24 august, 2022, 100 kids mainly below the age of 5 have been reported showing symptoms of the flu. Another state of Odisha, suspected similar infectious etiology in 36 cases out of which 26 Children were below the age of 10. This endemic viral illness has triggered an alert to the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, along with the entire nation at large. The wrath of this disease is not just restricted to India but crossing borders. Tang, et al reported a case of a 13-month-old female child and her 5-year old brother based in United kingdom with similar etiology. Through this report, we aim to alert the frontline pediatricians, who are most likely to come across and manage such daunting cases with these non-specific clinical features in their routine clinical practice across the globe. Early and extreme preventive and surveillance measures must be undertaken to prevent substantial loss in public and private sector.
正如该国最近应对新冠病毒和猴痘病例增加的情况一样，另一片“番茄流感/番茄热”的乌云笼罩在该国上空。截至2022年8月24日，已有100名主要为5岁以下儿童被报告出现流感症状。在奥里萨邦的另一个地区，有36例疑似类似感染病因的病例，其中26名儿童年龄在10岁以下。这种地方性病毒性疾病已向泰米尔纳德邦和卡纳塔克邦等邻国以及整个印度发出了警报。这种疾病的影响不仅限于印度，还跨越了国界。唐等人报告了一例在英国的13个月大女童和她5岁哥哥病因相似的病例。通过本报告，我们旨在提醒一线儿科医生，他们在全球日常临床实践中最有可能遇到并处理具有这些非特异性临床特征的棘手病例。必须尽早采取极端的预防和监测措施，以防止公共和私营部门遭受重大损失。
