Dengue: Recent Trends

  • Dr.Rabindran Chandran Consultant Neonatologist, Billroth Hospital, Chennai, India
  • Dr D Sharad Gedam Professor of Pediatrics L N Medical College, Bhopal, MP, India
Keywords: Dengue, Recent trends, Dengue hemorrhagic fever

Abstract

Today dengue ranks as the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world & its incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years. In India there is recent increase in cases of Dengue in last few years.

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CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i8.169
Published: 2015-09-30
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Chandran R, Gedam DS. Dengue: Recent Trends. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2015Sep.30 [cited 2024Apr.20];3(8):781-2. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/321
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