Prevalence of Undifferentiated Fever in Adults of Rawalpindi Having Primary Dengue Fever

Humaira Zafar, Abbas Hayyat; Naeem Akhtar, Syeda Fatima

dc.contributor.author	Humaira Zafar, Abbas Hayyat
dc.contributor.author	Naeem Akhtar, Syeda Fatima
dc.date.accessioned	2026-01-05T03:51:33Z
dc.date.available	2026-01-05T03:51:33Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/20347
dc.description	Professor DR humaira zafar Pathology BUCM	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The objectives of the study were to highlight early subclinical presentation of dengue viral infection (DVI) as an undifferentiated febrile illness. The descriptive crosssectional study was carried out at Microbiology Department, Rawalpindi Medical College from March to September 2009. Stratified random sampling was used to select subjects from various urban and rural areas of Rawalpindi, and Serum IgG anti-dengue antibodies were detected by using 3rd generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Out of the total 240 subjects, 69 (28.75%) were found to be positive for anti-dengue IgG antibodies. Of the positive cases, 41 (59.4%) - comprising 31 (44.9%) urban residents - and 10 (14.4%) rural residents presented with a previous history of undifferentiated fever (p	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	journal of the Pakistan Medical Association	en_US
dc.subject	Dengue viral infection, Undifferentiated fever, Healthy adults.	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence of Undifferentiated Fever in Adults of Rawalpindi Having Primary Dengue Fever	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US