However, the recent outbreak of H5N1 infection in bar-headed geese and other species in Qinghai Lake is a cause for concern because these birds migrate southward to the Indian subcontinent, an area that has apparently not been affected by H5N1 avian influenza.
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Tier 1 select agent and the cause of naturally acquired melioidosis in Southeast Asia, northern Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and areas of South America (1 ).
The Mauryan dynasty was to rule almost the entire subcontinent (except the area south of present-day Karnataka), as well as substantial parts of present-day Afghanistan.
Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent represent an area considered as a source and a reservoir for human genetic diversity, with many markers taking root here, most of which are the ancestral state of eastern and western haplogroups, while others are local.
All that can be said with certainty is that the Indo-Aryan speakers on the Indian subcontinent first occupied the area comprising most of present-day Punjab state (India, Punjabb province (Pakistan), Haryana, and the Upper Doab (of the Ganges Yamuna Doab) of Uttar Pradesh.
Around one third of Omani inhabitants are immigrants from the Indian subcontinent [ 3], an area which has a high prevalence of TB.
In each round, the positive rate was significantly higher in men than women (OR for all three rounds combined 0.63, 95% CI 0.49 to 0.68), in more deprived than more affluent areas (p<0.001), and in people living in areas with a high percentage from the Indian subcontinent than in those from areas with a low percentage (table 3).
Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL), a dermal sequel of VL, is reported in areas endemic for Leishmania donovani in the Indian subcontinent, Sudan and its adjoining areas [ 3, 4], although sporadic cases have been reported from China, Japan, Iran and Iraq [ 5, 6].
Uptake fell with increasing level of deprivation, from 61.2 to 37.2% in IMD quintiles 1 5 respectively (test for trend P<0.0001), and was lower in areas with a high proportion of people from the Indian subcontinent (40.4%) than in areas with a low proportion (54.0% P<0.000l).
A large number of researchers have also worked on trace element contents of groundwater in Indian subcontinent and along its coastal area (Ramesh et al. 1995; Mandal and Sengupta 2006).
