Abstract
Dengue infection has been known to be endemic in India for over the centuries as a benign and self limiting disease. Dengue epidemics had been regularly reported from north India but no reports are available from central India. Here we report the data of dengue epidemics from March 2008- June 2010 from Nagpur region (Central India). A total of 289 serum samples from clinically suspected cases of dengue fever admitted in GMCH, Nagpur, over a period of 3 years (Mar 2008-June 2010) were tested for dengue specific IgM antibodies using IgM capture ELISA (MAC ELISA). Amongst a total of 289 serum samples tested for dengue IgM antibodies, 85(29.41%) were positive for dengue IgM antibodies. Children <10 yrs were most commonly affected with male predominance. Maximum number of cases occurred in the year 2009. Although the epidemiology of dengue is changing with dengue serotype 3 as an emerging serotype, dengue infections are seen every year, thus making it as an epidemic disease in
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