Tasnim Ahsan.
Dengue Fever: a regular epidemic?.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;58(1):1-2.

Dengue fever (DF) is here to stay. The last 2 postmonsoon epidemics assumed a frightening proportion in Karachi as well as some other areas of the country. Over the last few years Pakistan is also emerging as a region of endemic Dengue activity, the endemicity having advanced westward from India. The westward expansion of Dengue endemicity is hardly surprising. The effect of global warming, rapid urbanization, poor living conditions, intense and prolonged monsoon and frequent travel are all factors conducive to the spread of mosquito vector driven infections like DF. Dengue is perhaps the most rapidly emerging infection in the world presently. This is an Editorial

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