Prevalence of dengue virus outbreak in district Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Dengue is an epic health problem in Pakistan since December 2013 affecting 2.5 billion people worldwide. In August 2013, outbreak of dengue was occurred in District Swat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which has so far caused 37 deaths. In this study 5190 patients were screened for DENV NS1 and specific antibodies using SD Dengue Dou strips. Out of which 3611 were found to be positive for DEN NS1 males and 1579 positive DEN NS1 for females. All Dengue virus positive samples were screened by specific antibodies. In current study, 935 patients have IgM positive and 63 were positive for IgG. Dengue virus males patients were more affected as compared to females. The highest rate of Dengue patients were recorded in the age between 14-30 years especially male. Dengue was more affected Mingora and surrounding area in Swat. In September more people were affected from Dengue. Those patients whose platelets were below 20000 were more near to death