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2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
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The 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan was at the time the worst on record.[1] There were 1,931 lab-confirmed cases, and 41 confirmed deaths, according to the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.[2] Other sources report a death toll of 52.[3] Most of the cases were from the east, center and north of Karachi, the capital city of Sindh.[4]
At the time, dengue was a relatively new public-health challenge in Pakistan.[5][6] Limited patient-management standards contributed to a higher mortality rate.[7][8] The principal mosquito vectors - Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus - were already recognized, and subsequent studies identified their increasing role in dengue transmission.[5][8][9]
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