DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2021.v09i01.004

Pages: 21-27

Background: Dengue is an acute fever caused by a mosquito-borne single stranded RNA positive-strand virus of the family Flaviviridae (DENV). Dengue fever is marked by the onset of sudden high fever, headache and ache behind the eyes, muscles and joints. In other form of dengue fever known as dengue heamorrhagic fever (DHF) symptoms of bleeding usually occur after 3-5 days of fever. City with high density of population like Dhaka city is a fertile area for dengue transmission. Objective of the study: The objective of this study was to assess the dengue fever transmission situation in Dhaka city of Bangladesh. Materials & Methods: This study was a review study on several studies conducted during the recent years regarding dengue fever as well as dengue heamorrhagic fever. A wide range of published articles were studied and analyzed in this intervention. All the data were analyzed and displayed by several tables as well as charts of MS Office program. Results: Most alarming finding was, the number of patients from urban and rural areas were near about equal. In that study patients from village was 54% and patients from city and semi town areas were 19.4% and 26.6% respectively. The number of patients with dengue fever of students and housewives were greater than that of any other professional group. In another study it was found that, 28.7% participants were with primary and 71.3% were with secondary infection of dengue. Conclusion: According to the findings of several studies on dengue and dengue hemorregic fiver conducted in Bangladesh and abroad we found season, information regarding this diseases, treatment infrastructure and diagnostic facilities are important component in dengue issue.