MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRAL INFECTION- DENGUE- COMMON IN SINDH.

Abstract

As we are still battling against the pandemic of covid-19, there are new fronts to fight against i.e; Dengue fever, an add
on burden on the already friable health care system. Dengue fever is the most significant mosquito-borne viral disease in Pakistan. Virus responsible is the dengue virus, (DENV), and the vector is female mosquito specie of Aedes aegypti1 which is a daytime feeder, the highest biting time is early morning, and at or around the sunset prior to dark. The virus transmits via a humanto-mosquito-to-human cycle; there is little possibility of maternal transmission.