Dengue is known in India since 1940s, but the disease is very limited in its spread. Dengue is becoming rampant in many states of southern India. As of now, no specific treatments (therapies) or vaccines are available against the disease. The people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where the dengue incidences are increasing, perceive this spurt as due to poor rainfall and power supply. We attempted to verify this perception.
Original Source [2]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/outbreak-dengue-tamil-nadu-india
[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/109/01/0171.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/r-chandran
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-azeez-0
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dengue
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-borne-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-transmission
