Symptoms include a high fever, headaches, joint and muscle pain, vomiting, and a rash. Personal protective measures against mosquito bites the best protection from mosquitoborne diseases is preventing mosquito bites. When a cell is invaded, it can sense the viral particles, and defend itself by releasing antiviral molecules. Introduction dengue is an arthropodborne viral disease caused by the four dengue virus serotypes denv 14, which are. By retrospectively analyzing data of the first autochthonous dengue epidemic of the 21st century in tokyo, japan, we assessed the effectiveness of the interventions. Dengue fever df is the most serious mosquitoborne viral disease in the world and is significantly affected by temperature. Six databases were searched up to 23 march 2014, without language and geographical restrictions.
Improving data for dengue control olaf horstick1, amy c. As they cannot multiply on their own, these microbes need to infect a host cell and hijack its machinery to make more of themselves. Morrison2,3 1institute of public health, university of heidelberg, heidelberg, germany, 2department of entomology, university of california, davis, davis, california, united states of. Dengue european centre for disease prevention and control. Abstract dengue virus denv is responsible for the clinical entity known as dengue that is a great concern for economy and public health of tropical countries. Most of the clinical cases present a febrile illness, severe forms include hemorrhagic fevers and shock with fatalities.
Viruses, like the ones responsible for the tropical diseases dengue and chikungunya, are parasites of living cells. Directorate of malaria control domc ministry of health is playing an active role for better. The 20 2014 chikungunya outbreak represented the first recorded outbreak of the disease outside of tropical africa and asia. Fiebre por chikungunya y dengue situacion en las americas. Once a dengue outbreak was confirmed in late august 2014, the government of japan took drastic mosquito control measures, targeting both adults and larvae. In 2014, 12 cases of locally acquired chikv infections were reported in florida. In december 20, the first locally transmitted case of chikungunya in the americas was detected in saint martin. These guidelines are not intended to replace national guidelines but to assist in the development of national or regional guidelines. The second edition in april 2014 was a revision by lt james harwood of. Dengue is a mosquitoborne viral disease widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions. Challenges encountered using standard vector control measures for.
As an example, dengue cases in malaysia alone show an astonishing increment towards the end of 2014 with 43,346 cases reported from january to september 20, while 76,700 cases were reported within the same window in 2014. Who has since then provided relentless support to its member states by way of technical assistance, workshops and meetings, and issuing several publications. From 2004 to 2014, the highest number of imported cases peaked in 2010, in coincidence with the observed maximum of cases in the countries of origin at that time. In pakistan dengue has been endemic in the southern parts of sindh and balochistan since 1994. Who, 2012, global strategy for dengue prevention and control. Control del vector aedes aegypti y medidas preventivas en. However since 200405 this disease has spread across the country. Ops oms dengue alertas y actualizaciones epidemiologicas. Imported cases of dengue pose a risk of local transmission in spain, as was already mentioned for france. Shortly after the first case the disease began to spread rapidly throughout the caribbean region. Once a dengue outbreak was confirmed in late august 2014, the government of japan took drastic mosquito control measures, targeting both. Although associations between df and temperatures have been reported repeatedly, conclusions have been inconsistent. Chulalongkorn university bangkok, thailand 2 who estimates1 1.
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