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New Delhi: By early October, more than 590 cases of dengue fever were reported from Delhi and over 367 from neighbouring states who had come to New Delhi for treatment. [1] Rajasthan: By 12 September, more than 35 patients were treated for dengue fever. [2] Chandigarh: 159 cases of dengue fever were reported. These were reported from the Post ...
In India, a study has developed an early warning system that analyzes regional climate factors—such as temperature, rainfall, and humidity—to predict potential dengue outbreaks two months in advance, enhancing preparedness and response strategies.
The 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic was an epidemic of the infectious disease dengue fever in several countries of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, [1] Pakistan, [2] India, Thailand, Singapore, and Laos. [3]
Dengue virus (DENV) is the cause of dengue fever.It is a mosquito-borne, single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. [1] [2] Four serotypes of the virus have been found, and a reported fifth has yet to be confirmed, [3] [4] [5] all of which can cause the full spectrum of disease. [1]
Epidemic dengue has become more common since the 1980s. By the late 1990s, dengue was the most important mosquito-borne disease affecting humans after malaria, with around 40 million cases of dengue fever and several hundred thousand cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever each year. Significant outbreaks of dengue fever tend to occur every five or ...
2006 dengue outbreak in India: 2006 India Dengue fever: 50+ [243] 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan: 2006 Pakistan Dengue fever: 50+ [244] 2006 Philippines dengue epidemic 2006 Philippines: Dengue fever: 1,000 [245] 2006–2007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak: 2006–2007 East Africa: Rift Valley fever: 394 [246] Mweka Ebola epidemic: 2007
Most of the cases (76%) were found in Bihar in 2016. Dengue and chikungunya transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, is another problem of concern in India. Dengue outbreaks have continued since the 1950s but severity of disease has increased in the last two decades. In 2016, India reported a total of 58,264 cases of chikungunya.
Neglected tropical diseases in India are a group of bacterial, parasitic, viral, and fungal infections that are common in low income countries but receive little funding to address them. Neglected tropical diseases are common in India. India's population is about 1.3 billion as of 2018, which is the second largest in the world. [1]