Trend of dengue fever in COVID-19 period: observation from Kerala, India

Authors

  • Basil Varghese Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Kannur, Pariyaram, Kerala, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4578-3718
  • Jayasree Anandabhavan Kumaran Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Kannur, Pariyaram, Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203419

Keywords:

Dengue fever, Trends, Epidemic

Abstract

The surge of dengue fever cases occurring in the rainy season is the usual scenario as the mosquito breed in the stagnant water collection after the rain. The peak of this hyper-endemic usually occur in the months of June to September in Kerala.

Author Biographies

Basil Varghese, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Kannur, Pariyaram, Kerala, India

Junior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Kannur, Pariyaram, Kerala, India

Jayasree Anandabhavan Kumaran, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Kannur, Pariyaram, Kerala, India

Professor and head, Department of community Medicine, Government Medical college Kannur, Pariyaram, Kerala, India

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Published

2020-07-24

How to Cite

Varghese, B., & Kumaran, J. A. (2020). Trend of dengue fever in COVID-19 period: observation from Kerala, India. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(8), 3307–3308. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203419

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