Sero-epidemiological Identification of Dengue Virus in Individuals at District Shangla, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

The current study was performed to assess the serological aspects of dengue infected ƉĂƟĞnÆšÆ during 2018 at District Shangla, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. During 2018, a total of 1447 visited these hospitals. Blood samples from the ƉĂƟĞnÆšÆ at pathology laboratory. The data was taken from hospitals for the span of 5 months (August to December). A separate form was used to nŽƟcÄž the gender and history of the individuals. The blood samples collected were screened for Dengue ÅnĨĞcƟŽn with the help of BIOLINE Dengue NS 1 Ag+Ab Combo Test. A total of 1447 blood samples were screened. Among them 554 were found ƉŽÆÅÆŸvÄž for dengue fever whose acquired percentage was (38.28%), while 893 (61.71%) samples were determined with the nÄžÅÄ‚ÆŸvÄž outcome. With respects to ƉĂƟĞnÆšÆ age groups, there were 271 ƉĂƟĞnÆšÆ found ƉŽÆÅÆŸvÄž with Dengue ÅnĨĞcƟŽn ages of 15 to 35 years with a percentage of (48.91%) which cŽnÆÆŸÆšÆµÆšÄžÆ the majority of majority dengue infected ƉĂƟĞnÆšÆ͘ In the month wise ÄžÆÆŸmĂƟŽn of the Dengue severity in the ƉĂƟĞnÆšÆÍ• a major outbreak was ÅĚĞnƟĮĞĚ in September and October because of the rainy and post rainy season. It is concluded that approaches including biological, environmental, medicinal, as well as the ĞĚƵcĂƟŽnĂů awareness should be taken to overcome the ÅnĨĞcƟŽn͘ There is also a need of making teams for ÅnvÄžÆÆŸÅÄ‚ÆŸnÅ the real cause and impacts of the dengue fever on the people of the district.