Dengue Fever In Malaysia

The country s total cumulative dengue cases from december 29 2019 to june 30 2020 is already at 55 115 and 92 people have died from january to june this year because of severe dengue.

Dengue fever in malaysia. Cao xuan thank phuong et al am. It is a virus caused disease spread by the bite of the aedes aegypti mosquito and is more prevalent in urban areas. Clinical diagnosis and assessment of severity of confirmed dengue infection in vietnamese children. Dengue fever has been on the rise in malaysia over the past 40 years.

Army center for health promotion and. Malaysia general health risks. The health ministry recorded a worrying 130 101 cases of dengue in malaysia in 2019 a 61 4 per cent increase from the 80 615 cases in 2018. Most of the cases came from selangor with 48 491 dengue cases or 51 3 of the total recorded dengue cases in malaysia.

Dengue fever dengue haemorrhagic fever world health organization. Dengue fever and the more severe form dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome are the most common and. Dengue is an illness transmitted by mosquitoes which causes sudden high fever severe headache pain behind the eyes muscle and joint pain rashes and bleeding in some cases. There were 130 101 cases and 182 deaths in 2019 a sharp increase from 80 615 cases and 147 deaths in 2018.

Peak transmission occurs in the late monsoon season october through february in east peninsular malaysia sabah and sarawak. Read more at. Aedes aegypti is considered as the principal species involved in the transmission of dengue viruses in humans 3 4. Dengue risk dengue occurs nationally in malaysia with increased risk in urban and periurban areas.

Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes it is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache fever exhaustion severe muscle and joint pain swollen glands lymphadenopathy and rash the presence the dengue triad of fever rash and headache and other pains is particularly. In malaysia a total of 101 357 dengue cases and 237 deaths were reported in 2016. Nea urges all residents especially those living in dengue cluster areas to continue efforts to break disease transmission by ensuring that their homes and immediate surroundings such as corridors and gardens are rid of stagnant water and to practise the three protective actions listed below to protect themselves and their loved ones against dengue. The 2019 2020 dengue fever epidemic was an epidemic of the infectious disease dengue fever in several countries of southeast asia including the philippines malaysia vietnam and bangladesh pakistan thailand singapore and laos.

The spread of the disease was exacerbated by falling vaccination levels in certain areas and by a growing population of mosquitoes which are the primary.