2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar

In the 2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan, hundreds of incidents of dengue fever were reported in Peshawar in mid-2017.[1] Initially, according to the health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,320 suspected cases were received by Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and 831 were positive.[1] About a dozen people died of dengue, starting in July. Punjab healthcare experts and Peshawar experts worked together to control the dengue epidemic, using health workers going door-to-door to educate residents, as well as fumigation of the city to suppress mosquito populations.[2][3][4][5]

In November 2017, the World Health Organization reported a total of 24,807 laboratory confirmed cases with 69 deaths.[6]

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References
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  2. "Dengue continues to ring alarm bells in Peshawar". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  3. "Dengue hits Peshawar". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  4. "Dengue experts to stay in Peshawar". www.dawn.com.
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  6. "Pakistan: Dengue Outbreak - Sep 2017". reliefweb.int. WHO. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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