Dengue

With the monsoon season setting in the threat of viral, bacterial and vector-borne infections are high. A Lancet report published recently states that dengue and Covid-19 are difficult to distinguish because of their shared clinical and laboratory features. Many hospitals have ...

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the dengue virus (DENV) and spread by the Aedes mosquitoes. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) around 400 million people are infected with dengue every year, globally When ...

World Mosquito Day is observed on 20 August every year to raise awareness about the diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and how to prevent them. If we look at the WHO report on mosquito-based deaths worldwide annually, it would cross 500 million. ...

The season of monsoon comes with both happiness and dengue. The spread of the disease is based on the hygiene one maintains around his/her surroundings. Around 10 cases of dengue (caused by Aedes mosquito) have been reported from the Tricity (Chandigarh, ...

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the dengue virus (DENV) and spread by the Aedes mosquitoes. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) around 400 million people are infected with dengue every year globally. What Causes Dengue ...

Two Indian states - Kerala and Odisha- are in the news as they have been badly affected by floods caused due to heavy rains. Floods cause damage to life and property and also end up triggering a plethora of diseases. Mosquito-borne ...