Sahibzada Haafsa Arshad, Khurshid Zohaib, Khan Rabia Sannam, Zafar Muhammad Sohail, Siddiqi Khalid Mahmood
Department of Oral Medicine, Islamabad Dental Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2018 Jul-Sep;30(3):486-489.
In this report, aim is to highlight the recent outbreak of Chikungunya virus in Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. Chikungunya virus is transmitted by infected Aedes mosquitoes. Firstly, described as an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952 and later spread in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Pacific and Indian Oceans. In late 2016, the virus has been reported to cause severe morbidity and fatality among patients reporting to the local government hospital in Malir region of Karachi. Patients came to emergency ward with complaints of fever, skin rashes, fatigue and joint pain. To improve the existing knowledge and current epidemic in this area we reported the causes, sign & symptoms, precautions and treatment measures for the control from this virus spreading in mass gatherings. In addition, self-awareness, preventive measures implementation by public health officials in response to reports of Chikungunya virus will help to evaluate the outbreak settings.
在本报告中，目的是突出巴基斯坦最大城市卡拉奇最近爆发的基孔肯雅病毒疫情。基孔肯雅病毒由受感染的伊蚊传播。该病毒最初于1952年在坦桑尼亚南部被描述为一次疫情爆发，随后在非洲、亚洲、欧洲以及太平洋和印度洋地区传播。2016年末，据报道该病毒在卡拉奇马利尔地区的当地政府医院就诊的患者中导致了严重的发病和死亡情况。患者因发烧、皮疹、疲劳和关节疼痛等症状前来急诊病房。为了增进对该领域现有知识和当前疫情的了解，我们报告了该病毒在大规模集会中传播的成因、体征和症状、预防措施及控制治疗方法。此外，公众卫生官员针对基孔肯雅病毒报告所采取的自我意识和预防措施的实施，将有助于评估疫情爆发情况。
