INFORMATION ABOUT DENGUE FEVER:

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here is the information  about dengue fever.

1.What is dengue fever?

2.History...

3.Occurrence and geographical distribution...

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1.what is dengue fever?

It is an infectious disease transmitted by the mosquito,causing any of four related dengue viruses.It is also called break bone fever.Because it may cause severe joint and muscle pain.Dengue is transmitted by female Aedes mosquito.Since no vaccines are available,prevention is the best remedy.

2.History...

Dengue is one of the many viral diseases transmitted by the mosquito.The disease commonly breaks out in explosive epidemics that spread with amazing rapidity as seen in year 2011 in lahore.The disease has affected all warm parts of the world such as pakistan,india,srilanka,bangladesh,central africa,central america and china.It is a disease of the monkeys transmitted to them by forest dwelling mosquitoes.

Outbreaks in human population presumably began when some of these mosquitoes got the virus from monkeys and made way to human villages where they started breeding.Hence infected human beings carried the disease to the cities where Aedes took over as the vector.

3.Occurrence and geographical distribution...

Dengue was geographically restricted until the middle of 20 th century.It was relatively a minor disease.During the second world war,Aedes mosquitoes (eggs) were transported around the world with the help of cargo and thought to have played a crucial role in the spread of dengue disease.It was first properly documented in 1950 during the epidemics in  philippines and thailand.It is found persistently in local populations(endemic) in more than 100 countries in asia,america and africa.The WORLD  HEALTH ORGANIZATION(WHO) has estimated that 50 to 100 million infections occur every year.

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After an infected mosquitoes bite,incubation period of 4 to 7 days is required before the symptoms appear in the patient.

TYPES OF DENGUE FEVER:

                                                                                Following are the types of dengue fever

1.Asymptomatic or Undifferentiated fever.

2.dengue fever.(DF)

3.Dengue haemorrhagic fever.(DHF)

4.Dengue shock syndrome.