Dengue in Nepal: Nearly 20,000 cases reported

Nepal health officials reported yesterday an update on the dengue fever outbreak this year. From the beginning of the year through October 15, 19,599 cases have been reported throughout the country.

The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) reports nine people have died of the disease so far and it has spread in 76 districts of the country.

The number of cases is down from the same period in 2023 when 39,360 cases of dengue, including 20 confirmed deaths (CFR=0.05%) were reported.

Regions reporting the most cases include Kathmandu with 3,103 cases, followed by Kaski with 2,847 vases, Tanahu with 2,107 cases and Parbat with 1,562 cases. 

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Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease emerged in Nepal in the form of Dengue Fever (DF), Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS). The earliest cases were detected as early as 2005. The sporadic cases continued and outbreaks occurred in 2006 and 2010. Initially most of the reported cases had travel history to neighboring country (India), however lately indigenous cases were also reported.

Studies carried out in close collaboration of WARUN/AFRIMS in the year 2006 by EDCD/NPHL showed all 4 sub-types (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4) of Dengue virus circulation in Nepal.