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Dec 21, 2023 · The global incidence of dengue has markedly increased over the past two decades, posing a substantial public health challenge. From 2000 to 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) documented a ten-fold surge in reported cases worldwide increasing from 500 000 to 5.2 million. The year 2019 marked an unprecedented peak, with reported instances ...
Mar 31, 2022 · For the year 2021, according to World Health Organization (WHO), 48,906 cases including 183 deaths have been reported in Pakistan, and the situation is highly alarming due to rising cases. According to DAWN news, more people are testing positive for dengue fever daily all over the country. As of November 25, 2021, Punjab had reported 24,146 ...
Jul 12, 2010 · Of these, 522 (2.1%) had a diagnosis of travel-related dengue fever, including 12 patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. Of the 522 cases of dengue reported in this study, 68% were seen after travel to Asia, 15% after travel to Latin America, 9% after travel to the Caribbean, 5% after travel to Africa, and 2% after ...
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Feb 9, 2024 · Explore Data (2010-2023) Dengue viruses are spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. Almost half of the world’s population, about 4 billion people, live in areas with a risk of dengue. Dengue is often a leading cause of illness in areas with risk.
BACKGROUND. Dengue is the most common and fastest-spreading mosquito-borne virus in the world. In fact, there has been a 30-fold global increase in the incidence of dengue in the past 50 years, 6 with an estimated 50 million dengue infections now occurring each year. 7 The World Health Organization estimates that approximately two-fifths of the global population (about 2.5 billion people) live ...
History of Dengue (Malaysia) In November 15, 1902,Skae reported the first known published account of an outbreak of dengue in Malaya. He described a dengue outbreak in the northern state of Penang from December 1901 to March 1903. Severe dengue (Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever) was first observed in Malaya in the city of Georgetown, Penang in ...
