Abstract
Epidemiological disaster management, using geo-informatics (GIS), is an innovative field of rapid information gathering. Dengue fever, a vector-borne disease, also known as break bone fever, is a lethal re-emerging arboviral disease. Its endemic flow is causing serious effects to the economy and health at the global level. Even now, many under-developed and developing countries like Pakistan lack the necessary GIS technologies to monitor such health issues. The aim of this study is to enhance the effectiveness of developing countries through disaster management capabilities by using state-of-the-art technologies, which provide the measures to relief the disaster burden on public sector agencies. In this paper, temporal changes and regional burden for distribution of this disease are mapped using GIS tools. For the prevention of disaster burden, these types of studies are widely used to provide an effective help and relief. This study concludes that a public sector institute can use such tools for surveillance purpose and to identify the risk areas for possible precautionary measures.
Highlights
Dengue virus first appeared at the start of World War II [1]
In March 2011, dengue started in Lahore accidently and about five patients were admitted to different hospitals
It was dengue debut in Lahore in the province of Punjab as Lahore is located on the border of India and most populated city of the province in Pakistan
Summary
Dengue virus first appeared at the start of World War II [1]. Dengue fever is known as break bone fever. It is a lethal re-emerging arboviral disease whose endemic flow [2] is having serious effects on the economy and health at the global level. It is a mosquito-borne fellow of Flaviviridae clan, which is the contributory fever [3]. The vital force behind the growth and development of dengue virus is temperature and climate. Climate and temperature are two known natural resources, which are not under human control
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