PREVALENCE OF DENGUE FEVER IN THE POPULATION OF MULTAN

Objective: Prevalence of the [Dengue fever] was to find out amongst the adult residents of urban and rural areas of Multan. The objective was to assess the more prevalence of dengue virus by comparing its presence between the urban and rural area. DVI was considered more prevalent in urban area of Multan District as in hypothesis. Study Design: Descriptive Cross Sectional Comparative Study Place and Duration: The research was carried out in Mayo Hospital Lahore from April to October 2017. Methods: 240 health individuals were willingly included in this study and procedure adopted for it was stratified random sampling procedure: urban and individual livings in rural areas were included in the study. 3rd generation ELISA method was adopted in which clotted blood samples were used and anti-dengue Ab was to be detected. Results: It was found in accordance with the hypothesis that prevalence of DF showing (34.7%) in urban areas, in comparison with (19.7%) in rural areas of Multan. Conclusion: It was found in urban areas of Multan that Dengue fever is more prevalent than rural area.