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During this difficult time the week health systems of developing countries including Pakistan are under threat of dengue outbreak, which is a viral disease spread by mosquito vectors,Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus .As per recent data of WHO there are approximately 100 to 400 million reported cases of dengue fever infections per year and approximately 25 000 annual deaths. 2 Even though 129 countries are at risk of dengue infection, data showed that in past Asia was badly affected by the virus and this continent had around 70% of global Dengue burden. 3 Pakistan is dengue endemic country for the last 30 years. In recent outbreak of 2019, there were 47120 reported cases of dengue fever which were 15 times higher than 2018 where reported cases were only 3204
Sumera Naz. (2020) Dual Burden of COVID-19 and Dengue on Weak Health System of Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, Volume-59, Issue-3.
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