2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan explained

2011 Dengue Outbreak in Pakistan
Location:Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Date:Summer 2011
Confirmed Cases:14,000+
Deaths:300+

The 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan was at the time the worst on record.[1] There were 1931 lab-confirmed cases, and 41 confirmed deaths, according to the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.[2] Other sources report a death toll of 52.[3]

Since 2006, studies indicate that dengue fever is on the rise in Pakistan.[4] It is noted throughout the year, peaking at post-monsoon season.[5] Many factors have been cited, including a surge in the principal mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti. and Aedes albopictus[6] [7] However, in 2006, an additional factor may have been the lack of patient management standards, since dengue was a relatively new public health challenge for the country.

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Notes and References

  1. Ghani. MH. May–August 2008. Dengue virus outbreak in the year 2006 at a tertiary care centre in Sindh. Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences. 7 . 2 . 71–74. 10.22442/jlumhs.08720147. free.
  2. World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. 15 September 2013. Dengue fever in Pakistan. Weekly Epidemiological Record. 6. 37. 1.
  3. Rasheed. SB. January 2013. A review of dengue as an emerging disease in Pakistan. Public Health. 127. 1. 11–17. 23219263. 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.09.006.
  4. Khan. Jehangir. 2018. Epidemiological trends and risk factors associated with dengue disease in Pakistan (1980–2014): a systematic literature search and analysis. BMC Public Health. 18. 1. 745. 10.1186/s12889-018-5676-2. 29907109. 6003098 . free .
  5. Khan. E. Demographic and Clinical Features of Dengue Fever in Pakistan from 2003–2007: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.. PLOS ONE. 5. 9. 12505. 10.1371/journal.pone.0012505. 20856935. 2938342. 2010. 2010PLoSO...512505K. free.
  6. Riaz. MM. June 2009. Outbreak of dengue fever in Karachi 2006: a clinical perspective. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 59. 6. 339–44. 19534364.
  7. Mukhtar. Muhammad. 2011. Entomological investigations of dengue vectors in epidemic-prone districts of Pakistan during 2006–2010.. Dengue Bulletin. 35. 99–115. 10665/171002. WHO IRIS.

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