Epidemiological Features of Dengue Cases Treated in SGRDIMSAR Amritsar Mahajan S L1,*, Devgun P2, Brar APS3, Sood A4 1Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Cum Nodal Officer, National Vector Borne Disease Control Program and Integrated Disease Surveillance Project 2Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar 3Junior Research Fellow, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar 4Assistant Professor, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar *Corresponding author-Dr. S. L. Mahajan, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Cum Nodal Officer, National Vector Borne Disease Control Program and Integrated Disease Surveillance Project., Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar. E-mail: slmahajan123@gmail.com
Online published on 18 July, 2017. Abstract Introduction Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions of WHO in recent years. Study conducted on confirmed dengue cases reported in district Amritsar from the years 2009 to 2013 showed that no dengue case was reported in infants, maximum number in the age 21–31 years, higher number of males and peak of cases in October. Similar observations were found in another study conducted in year 2013 in SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar. Material and Methods Epidemiological data of confirmed cases of dengue treated in SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar in year 2015 were collected, analyzed and valid conclusions were drawn. Findings Maximum number of cases 69 (32.2%) was found in age group 21 to 30 years. Higher number of males and urban cases was found. The cases were reported from the months of August to December with peak in October. The mean time gap between date of admission and testing of cases was 6.17 days. Maximum cases, 157 (73.4%) were found positive by NS-1 Ag. Conclusion The number of dengue cases, 214 reported in year 2015 was higher than 73 reported in year 2013. Dengue cases reported in year 2015 has shown shifting of disease in lower age, Higher percentage of male cases found might be due to the reason that the less number of the females come to the hospitals for seeking the treatment. Changing trend of spread of dengue from rural to urban areas might be due to more urban patients visiting this institution now. Reporting of cases in months of August to December, with its peak in October resembles previous studies. Thus all prevention and control measures should be taken well before the onset of dengue season; and use of NICD Coolers should be promoted. Top Keywords dengue/DHF/DSS/NVBDCP/Aedes aegypti/Aedes albopictus/Suspected case/Confirmed case. Top |