Why is dengue fever back in the news again?
Why are we seeing it in areas where it did not exist before?
And what about treatment?
What about vaccination?
Here to talk about all of this is Dr. Raman Velayudhan.
Welcome, Raman.
Talk to us about dengue fever, what causes it and how does it spread?
Dengue fever is a virus fever caused by the bite of Aedes mosquito.
In majority of the cases, these are mild symptoms with body pain, headache and rashes, which lasts for a few weeks.
However, about 5% of the cases are severe, where the patient needs hospital care.
