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Dengue fever is fast emerging as one of the
common arthropode borne diseases. Viral th aetiology of dengue was established in 20
century but dengue like illness could be
traced back 200 years. In 1950s the infection
was being reported by 9 countries, today a
wide array of countries, report regular
outbreaks. Pakistan is one of those countries
which have been in the grip of outbreaks
since 1990s. First reported epidemic could
be traced back to 1994. It is evident that
dengue fever is not a very recent phenomena
in Pakistan. It has had its history but 2011
witnessed hyperbole and press hype of
gigantic magnitude. This created scare and
irrational response to the outbreak.
Somehow the outbreak was pinned on or
attributed to collapse of health services,
whereas established wisdom attributes this
emergence of dengue fever to uncontrolled
population growth, rapid urbanization and
slum formation, inappropriate and
inadequate waste water management,
refugee movement and to erosion of vector
control program, non of this falls in the
domain of health sector. The hype created by
the press this year was a cause of daily
headlines on the news channels, resultant
response to this outbreak could at best be
described as misdirected.
Maqsood-ul- Hassan. (2011) Dengue Fever Outbreak, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-6, Issue-1.
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