Open AccessEvaluation of Non-Structural Protein-1(NS1) positive patients of 2013 dengue outbreak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Ghosia Lutfullah,
Jawad Ahmed,
Aftab Khan,
Hina Ihsan,
Jamshed Ahmad
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.331.11237
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , dengue virus , outbreak , khyber pakhtunkhwa , structural protein , virology , immunology , virus , socioeconomics , sociology
Dengue infection is an arthropod borne disease caused by Dengue virus in humans. Dengue virus infection has more potential to produce severe form of the disease with more severe symptoms. Proper diagnosis of dengue fever is very important for its safe management. The objective of this study was to evaluate the non structural protein-1 (NS1) positive parameter for identification of dengue fever by using ELISA from 2013 dengue outbreak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.