2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
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The 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan was at the time the worst on record.[1] There were 1931 lab-confirmed cases, and 41 confirmed deaths, according to the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.[2] Other sources report a death toll of 52.[3] Most of the cases were from the east, center and north of Karachi, the capital city of Sindh.[4]
Since 2006, studies indicate that dengue fever is on the rise in Pakistan.[5] It is noted throughout the year, peaking at post-monsoon season.[6] Many factors have been cited, including a surge in the principal mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti. and Aedes albopictus[7][8] However, in 2006, an additional factor may have been the lack of patient management standards, since dengue was a relatively new public health challenge for the country.[7]
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- ^ World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (15 September 2013). "Dengue fever in Pakistan" (PDF). Weekly Epidemiological Record. 6 (37): 1.
- ^ Rasheed, SB (January 2013). "A review of dengue as an emerging disease in Pakistan". Public Health. 127 (1): 11–17. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2012.09.006. PMID 23219263.
- ^ Khan, E.; Siddiqui, J.; Shakoor, S.; Mehraj, V.; Jamil, B.; Hasan, R. (November 2007). "Dengue outbreak in Karachi, Pakistan, 2006: experience at a tertiary care center". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 101 (11): 1114–1119. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.06.016. ISSN 0035-9203. PMID 17706259.
- ^ Khan, Jehangir (2018). "Epidemiological trends and risk factors associated with dengue disease in Pakistan (1980–2014): a systematic literature search and analysis". BMC Public Health. 18 (1): 745. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5676-2. PMC 6003098. PMID 29907109.
- ^ Khan, E (2010). "Demographic and Clinical Features of Dengue Fever in Pakistan from 2003–2007: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study". PLOS ONE. 5 (9): 12505. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...512505K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012505. PMC 2938342. PMID 20856935.
- ^ a b Riaz, MM (June 2009). "Outbreak of dengue fever in Karachi 2006: a clinical perspective". Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 59 (6): 339–44. PMID 19534364. Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ Mukhtar, Muhammad (2011). "Entomological investigations of dengue vectors in epidemic-prone districts of Pakistan during 2006–2010". Dengue Bulletin. 35: 99–115. hdl:10665/171002 – via WHO IRIS.