Dengue outbreak of 2023 in the state of Uttar Pradesh, North India: lesson learnt and way forwards
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20250333Keywords:
Dengue, Outbreak, Uttar Pradesh, India, Cases, DeathsAbstract
Dengue, a vector borne viral disease, is endemic in most areas of India and sometimes causes yearly epidemics. Each of the dengue outbreaks causes high death and morbidity, which has a significant socioeconomic impact. In the year, 2023, India had clocked 2, 89,235 dengue cases with 485 deaths in the year 2023, highest in the last 5 years, as per the information provided by the National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control. Northern India is most severely impacted by each outbreak. In the state of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India, there have been more than 35,000 confirmed cases of dengue and 36 deaths reported in 2023 alone. Patients are being reported from urban as well as semi-urban, and rural areas. It is necessary to properly monitor the dengue cases through both active and passive disease surveillance in order to ensure prompt case management if dengue outbreak control is to be achieved.
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