Call to launch anti-mosquito spray campaign
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) is concerned over the rising cases of dengue in the country. Cases of confirmed dengue patients have been reported in thousands in all the provinces. It is feared the disease may become an epidemic. PMA Central Secretary General Dr SM Qaisar Sajjad said that notably dengue fever was a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. The weather conditions in the region remain suitable for spread of the infection and for growth of ‘aedes aegypti’, the mosquito that causes dengue fever. The symptoms of dengue fever begin three to 14 days after infection and may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains. It...