DENGUE IN PAKISTAN: Journey from a Disease free to a Hyper Endemic Nation
Dengue fever (DF), Dengue Hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock syndrome have been causing significant and incremental morbidity and mortality in various parts of the world. It was characterized a viral infection in 1906. The earliest known documentation of symptoms resembling dengue fever was re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dow University of Health Sciences
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/45 |
| Summary: | Dengue fever (DF), Dengue Hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
and Dengue Shock syndrome have been causing
significant and incremental morbidity and mortality
in various parts of the world. It was characterized a
viral infection in 1906. The earliest known
documentation of symptoms resembling dengue fever
was recorded during the Chin Dynasty (AD 265-420)
in the Chinese Encyclopedia of Symptoms. The illness
was associated with flying insects near water and
labeled as “The water poisonâ€. |
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| ISSN: | 1995-2198 2410-2180 |