Posts tagged with ‘DENGUE’

Rising cases of Dengue over the past several months in Pakistan and Bangladesh has become a concern to WHO. Dengue is the one leading cause of headache, muscle pain and high fever, all classic symptoms of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that has struck large numbers of people across the country.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread throughout the world in recent years. Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and, to a lesser extent, Ae. albopictus. Dengue is widespread throughout the tropics, with local variations in risk influenced by rainfall, temperature and unplanned rapid urbanization.