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18 May: National Dengue Day Celebrations in India: 2019 Theme, Aim, Significance
18 May: National Dengue Day Celebrations in India: 2019 Theme, Aim, Significance
National Dengue Day is celebrated every year on 18th May across India to spread awareness about dengue and its preventive measures.
National Dengue Day marks the toll the harmful disease has been taking in terms of lives and to reaffirm nationwide efforts to tackle the scourge by using both education and medical intervention.
National Dengue Day was first declared by the Government of India in a recommendation of (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) in the year 2018.
About Dengue
Dengue is a mosquito-borne seasonal viral infection caused by any of four closely related viruses (DENV 1-4).
Dengue virus is transmitted by a bite of a female mosquito of any of two species of mosquitoes of the genus Aedes aegypti.
Dengue causing Aedes mosquitoes typically bites humans in the daylight hours.
Dengue causing Aedes mosquitoes can be easily recognized because of its peculiar white spotted body and legs.
Dengue disease mainly occurs in the summer season when the mosquito population is maximum.
Dengue disease widely occurs in tropical and subtropical areas in Asia, Africa, Central, and South America.
A severe form of the infection is known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) which can be fatal if not detected on time.
