First chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: a trail of viral attacks

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.008

. 2017 Jun 1:19:13-14.

doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.201705008. eCollection 2017 Sep.

First chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: a trail of viral attacks

T H Mallhi ¹, Y H Khan ¹, A H Khan ¹, N Tanveer ², M I Qadir ³

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PMID: 28663798
PMCID: PMC5480274
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.201705008

First chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: a trail of viral attacks

T H Mallhi et al. New Microbes New Infect. 2017.

. 2017 Jun 1:19:13-14.

doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.201705008. eCollection 2017 Sep.

Authors

T H Mallhi ¹, Y H Khan ¹, A H Khan ¹, N Tanveer ², M I Qadir ³

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
² Punjab Medical College, Sargodha Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
³ Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

PMID: 28663798
PMCID: PMC5480274
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.201705008

Abstract

Despite explicit warning from the National Institute of Health, Pakistan experienced its first chikungunya outbreak in the metropolis of Karachi. We underscore the attention of health authorities and healthcare professionals towards contributing factors associated with this outbreak and the measures required to combat this viral disease.

Keywords: Adese aegypti; Chikungunya; Pakistan; outbreak; vector borne diseases.

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[1] Darwish M.A., Hoogstraal H., Roberts T.J., Ahmed I.P., Omar F. A sero-epidemiological survey for certain arboviruses (Togaviridae) in Pakistan. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1983;77:442–445. - PubMed

[2] Darwish M.A., Hoogstraal H., Roberts T.J., Ahmed I.P., Omar F. A sero-epidemiological survey for certain arboviruses (Togaviridae) in Pakistan. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1983;77:442–445. - PubMed

[3] Afzal M.F., Naqvi S.Q., Sultan M.A., Hanif A. Chikungunya fever among children presenting with nonspecific febrile illness during an epidemic of dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan. Merit Res J Med Med Sci. 2015;3:69–73.

[4] Afzal M.F., Naqvi S.Q., Sultan M.A., Hanif A. Chikungunya fever among children presenting with nonspecific febrile illness during an epidemic of dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan. Merit Res J Med Med Sci. 2015;3:69–73.

[5] Charrel R.N., de Lamballerie X., Raoult D. Chikungunya outbreaks—the globalization of vector-borne diseases. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:769–771. - PubMed

[6] Charrel R.N., de Lamballerie X., Raoult D. Chikungunya outbreaks—the globalization of vector-borne diseases. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:769–771. - PubMed

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First chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: a trail of viral attacks

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