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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4318</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2022.14201</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Geospatial Mapping of Genetic Diseases in the Southern Karnataka, India: A Novel Approach in Medical Technology&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Aparna</surname><given-names>Mohandas</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>D</surname><given-names>Kumar Sunil</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Deepa</surname><given-names>Bhat</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>MR</surname><given-names>Murthy Narayana</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Arun</surname><given-names>Gopi</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>16</day><month>01</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>8</fpage><lpage>16</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: India records almost all known genetic disease, however surveillance activities and services are limited. Geographical information system (GIS) can act as a useful tool for surveillance. Aims: The aim of the study was to assess the geospatial distribution of genetic diseases in Southern Karnataka, India and to describe their clinico-epidemiological profile. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 101 genetic disease patients attending the Genetic clinic of a tertiary care hospital. Data regarding the socio-demographic and clinico-epidemiological profile of the patients were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. The geographical co-ordinates of the patients__ampersandsignrsquo; addresses were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Version 22 and QGIS software Version 3.16.3 __ampersandsignldquo;Hannover__ampersandsignrdquo; was used to create the maps. Qualitative variables were represented using proportions. Association between qualitative variables were inferred using Chi-square test. Results: Geospatial mapping showed that functional genetic diseases were more compared to structural genetic diseases. Among the 101 patients, 66(65.34%) were males, 34(33.66%) were females and 1(0.99%) belonged to the other gender. 17.82% were born of a 2nd degree and 25.74% from a 3rd degree consanguineous marriage. 3(2.97%) of mothers were above the age of 35 years. 75(74.25%) had gene defects, 13(12.87%) had chromosomal diseases, 7(6.93%) had mitochondrial diseases and 6(5.94%) had multifactorial diseases. Conclusion: It is evident from the geospatial mapping that both structural and functional genetic diseases have a widespread distribution in the population and is no longer a __ampersandsignldquo;rare disease__ampersandsignrdquo;. It is the need of the hour to expand surveillance activities.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Congenital anomaly</kwd><kwd> Genetic diseases</kwd><kwd> Geographical information system</kwd><kwd> Geospatial mapping</kwd><kwd> Rare diseases</kwd><kwd> Surveillance</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
