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DENGUE IN PAKISTAN..!!
The disease easily spreads in rural areas of Pakistan. More then 10,000 people have been infected. Mainly these people are from Pakistan. Patients are primarily admitted to government hospitals. For dengue patients, special wards have being arranged. The severity of the disease is felt in Lahore, the provincial metropolis of Punjab. More then 170 people have died and several hundreds are admitted as new cases are confirmed. Secretary Punjab Mineral Development Corporation, Ataullah Siddiqui died as a result of the Dengue fever. 8 Chinese engineers have been affected by the virus.On September 30,2011, Punjab MPA Mumtaz Jajja also died of dengue fever in Lahore...Rik..

LIFE CYCLE OF AEDES,,,.Rik..

Dengue is transmitted by several species of mosquito within the genus Aedes, principally A. aegypti. The virus has four different types; infection with one type usually gives lifelong immunity to that type, but only short-term immunity to the others. Subsequent infection with a different type increases the risk of severe complications. As there is no vaccine, prevention is sought by reducing the habitat and the number of mosquitoes and limiting exposure to ...Rik..