title: Impediments of reporting dengue cases in India.
abstract: Dengue has emerged as one of the most important mosquito-borne, fatal flaviviral disease, apparently expanding as a global health problem. An estimated 3.6 billion people are at risk for dengue, with 50 million infections per year occurring across 100 countries globally. The annual number of dengue fever cases in India is many times higher than it is officially reported. This under reporting would play a major role in the government's decision-making. Underestimating of the disease in India encumbers its people from taking preventive measures, discourages efforts to ensnare the sources of the disease and deliberates efforts for vaccine research. In this article, we highlight the probable impediments of under reporting leading to its impact on national and global public health and also offer key remedies to effectively address the issues across the clinics to the community level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, India. Electronic address: sushmita.de2008@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sushmita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, India.
authors.forename: Asim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarfraz
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, India.
authors.forename: Nitesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.affiliation: Virology Unit, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Patna, India.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018563:Disease Notification; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011634:Public Health; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Dengue; Surveillance; Under-reporting; Vaccine