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ReviewViruses2025

Emerging Arboviral Diseases in Pakistan: Epidemiology and Public Health Implications.

Muhammad Ammar, Muhammad Moaaz, Chaoxiong Yue, Yaohui Fang, Yanfang Zhang, Shu Shen, Fei Deng

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Muhammad AmmarKey Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.ORCID 0009-0000-1454-7056
Muhammad MoaazKBCMA, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Narowal, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Sub-Campus), Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Chaoxiong YueKey Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Yaohui FangKey Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Yanfang ZhangKey Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Shu ShenKey Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0013-5365
Fei DengKey Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5385-083X

Funding

the National Natural Science Foundation of China U20A20135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arboviruses pose significant public health challenges globally, particularly in Pakistan, where deforestation, climate change, urbanization, inadequate sanitation, and natural disasters have all contributed to the spread of mosquito-borne flavivirus diseases like dengue fever. The lack of a thorough national surveillance system has made it difficult to determine the extent and distribution of these diseases. Concern has been raised by recent outbreaks of West Nile virus (WNV) and chikungunya (CHIKV) epidemics, which may lead to Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks in the future. Additionally, hospital-based surveillance has detected the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in the region. Evidence also points to the presence of additional arboviruses in healthy populations, such as the Karshi virus (KSV), Tamdy virus (TAMV), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). This review aims to address the risk factors linked to these diseases, provide specific policy recommendations for efficient disease prevention and control, and describe the epidemiological trends of these diseases in Pakistan while emphasizing the critical need for improved surveillance and thorough epidemiological investigations.

Indexed as

ArbovirusesArbovirus InfectionsCommunicable Diseases, EmergingPublic HealthAnimalsDisease OutbreaksHumansPakistanRisk Factorsarbovirusesepidemiologymosquito-borne diseasesPakistanpublic healthtick-borne diseases

Identifiers

PMID40006987
PMCPMC11860545

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