Open AccessEmergence of Chikungunya Virus in Pakistan: What should be done?
Author(s) -
Abbas Ali Hussain,
Rabia Sarwar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of bahria university medical and dental college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9482
pISSN - 2220-7562
DOI - 10.51985/jbumdc2020005
Subject(s) - chikungunya , sri lanka , geography , southeast asia , indian ocean , socioeconomics , aedes , south asia , virus , virology , dengue fever , ancient history , biology , history , oceanography , sociology , geology
Since 10 years, Chikungunya – a virus spread through Aedes spp mosquitoes – has reemerged in Africa, southern and southeastern Asia, and the Indian Ocean Islands.1 In SouthEast Asia, epidemics have been documented in India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Pakistan