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ArticleTropical medicine and health2022

The simultaneous crises of dengue and COVID-19 in Pakistan: a double hazard for the country's debilitated healthcare system.

Govinda Khatri, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Somina Shaikh, Syeda Lamiya Mir, Abdul Moiz Sahito, Priya, Ian Christopher N Rocha, Osman Kamal Osman Elmahi

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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Govinda KhatriDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Mohammad Mehedi HasanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
Somina ShaikhDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syeda Lamiya MirDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Abdul Moiz SahitoDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
PriyaDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ian Christopher N RochaSchool of Medicine, Centro Escolar University, Manila, Philippines.
Osman Kamal Osman ElmahiFaculty of Medicine, Ibn Sina University, Khartoum, Sudan. osman19091995@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-3255

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Abstract

Dengue fever is an arthropod-borne viral illness caused by four dengue virus serotypes (DENV 1-4), spread by Aedes mosquitos. Common symptoms of dengue include high peak temperature, headache, myalgia, and malaise following infection, with a rash emerging after 3 to 4 days. More than half of the world's population lives in dengue-endemic areas. Every year, around 100 million dengue cases are reported, with Southeast Asia comprising the majority. Nearly every day, there is a breakout of dengue infections in many areas of Pakistan, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, combating the dual burden of dengue and COVID-19 is difficult for the nation's healthcare system. Misdiagnosis owing to overlapping symptoms with COVID-19, overburdening of the healthcare system, and a lack of appropriate vaccination are some of the obstacles for dengue infection management. The government of Pakistan is pursuing a variety of measures to combat dengue fever outbreaks, including, The Pakistan Red Crescent Society was asked by the Department of Malaria Control Program to aid in promoting awareness and organizing clean-up campaigns in polluted regions and stagnant water for vector control.

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