DENGUE FEVER: A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE

Dengue is one of the tropical diseases, included in the list of top 13 neglected tropical diseases, recommended by World health organization (Hansen, Chaingnat, 2013, p.136). Word tropical suggest the humid, damp environment which is similar to Pakistan. “Dengue virus, presents amongst the most important arthropod-borne infections… transmitted to man by the bite of a domestic mosquito, Aedes aegypti, being the principle vector” (Shakoor, Ayub, & Ayub, 2012). “The severity of dengue infections is influenced by the age and genetic background of the host, the strain and serotype of the infecting virus and the prior history of dengue infections of the host” (Askov, 2003).