Seroprevalence of Dengue in Chandrapur Urban and Rural areas: A Retrospect

Abstract

Introduction: Dengue was emerged from eastern parts of India as first epidemic catastrophe in early 70’s aiming lakhs of in-house deaths till date.Considering burden of the disease on society in the present COVID era Dengue is seeking top priority of the medical practitioners for prevention and cure of the disease. Therefore, we have aimed this study to depict the yearly variation on dengue cases from august 2020 to July 2021 which may help in assembling a buoyant health care system against the disease. Material and methods: Serum samples from suspected cases of dengue illness were processed for IgM anti dengue antibody by Dengue IgM capture ELISA (Mac ELISA). Observation and Results: A sum 965 samples (536 males and 429 females) from dengue suspected cases were processed in Microbiology research laboratory. Out of 965samples a total of 265 (158 males and 107 females) samples were found reactive for IgM capture dengue ELISA. With a period, prevalence of dengue for a period of 12 months is 27.46%. On the other hand, the period prevalence of dengue amongst the male dwellers of Chandrapur was found to be 29.47%. While in females the period prevalence was observed to be 24.24%. Conclusion: Dengue cases were maximum in the mid of the monsoon. If vector control measures and amended disease surveillance strategies are followed in this period then it will be beneficial to break the chain of disease spread.