Serotype-2 Dengue: Center directs 11 states to take action to prevent severe dengue cases

Center had convened a high-level meeting on September 18, 2021 to discuss the emerging challenge of serotype-2 dengue cases that have wreaked havoc in 11 states across the country.

The Health Secretary suggested that the state take steps such as early detection of dengue cases, adequate storage of testing kits, medicines and larvicides, operation of fever helpline.

States were also urged to take prompt response to public health action such as fever surveys, vector control, contact tracing, alerting blood banks to maintain adequate stocks of blood and blood components, especially platelets. Deploy teams.

States have also been requested to launch helplines, information campaigns about dengue symptoms and methods of vector control and reduction in the source of spread of the disease at homes.

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Dengue virus serotype-2 (DENV 2) is the most common serotype of the disease and has the highest percentage of severe dengue cases compared to other types of disease.

According to various studies, dengue serotype-2 (DEN-2) has the potential to cause dengue hemorrhagic fever, a very severe form of dengue. Serotype 2 dengue in Cuba caused the first dengue hemorrhagic fever epidemic in 1981, infecting hundreds of thousands of people, including children and adults, and causing approximately 24,000 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever.