V. Dengue Fever: Current Situation and Trends

Burden of Disease: Current Situation and Trends

Global situation of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever, and its emergence in the Americas.

About two-thirds of the world's population live in areas infested with dengue vectors, mainly Aedes aegypti. All four dengue viruses are circulating, sometimes simultaneously, in most of these areas. It is estimated that up to 80 million persons become infected annually although marked underreporting results in the notification of much smaller figures. Currently dengue is endemic in all contine...

Dengue Fever in Pakistan: Current Updates

Dengue virus (DNV) is the cause of dengue infections and Pakistan along with the world is now being overloaded with their patients. The molecular epidemiological studies reveal that there are four serotypes of the DNV circulating throughout the endemic countries. Non-structural glycoprotein (NS-1) causes the damage of hepatocytes along with the activation of the complement system which in turn ...

Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Continued geographic expansion of dengue viruses and their mosquito vectors has seen the magnitude and frequency of epidemic dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DF/DHF) increase dramatically. More than 200,000,000 infections and over 2 million cases of DHF occur annually, and dengue is one of the most important emerging tropical diseases in the world. Its dramatically increased incidence and geogr...

Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever