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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-8b5059330ebb4e82b58fd81c5461456a2022-12-22T00:55:49ZengDow University of Health SciencesJournal of the Dow University of Health Sciences1995-21982410-21802011-10-0153818445DENGUE IN PAKISTAN: Journey from a Disease free to a Hyper Endemic NationM. Rafiq Khanani0Department of Pathology and Dow Diagnostic Reference and Research Laboratories, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.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€.http://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/45 |
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