Dengue officially confirmed in CCpur
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 26 2012: A case of dengue in Churachandpur district has been officially confirmed with a 17-year-old girl testing positive.

"One out of two blood samples has been confirmed positive this afternoon," Epidemiologist Dr Achom Ritindra told Newmai News Network.

He had heard that a dengue type disease had spread in the hamlet of Chengkonpang in the vicinity of Don Bosco School, Churachandpur a few days ago.

Some officials of the district Malaria Department went to the area on October 18 and collected blood samples of a 17-year-old girl and another 34-year-old woman, Dr Ritindra said.

Both the blood samples first tested positive at Rapid Diagnostic Test Centre of Churachandpur district.

However, the samples were again sent to the state Malaria Department for further test.

The Malaria Department then sent it back to RIMS after consulting him.

One out of the two samples tested positive for Dengue when the test was conducted at the Microbiology Department of RIMS, Dr Ritindra said.

However, both of them are now out of danger as the disease has been controlled after proper treatment, he said.

The doctor also said it is not necessary to get panicky as Dengue is easily controllable with treatment but the hardest task is to control the presence of mosquitoes carrying the virus.

Dengue is caused by a virus spread by Aedes (Stegomyia) musquitoes.

Since there are no vaccines to prevent infection with dengue virus (DENV) the most effective protective measure is to avoid mosquito bites.

When infected with the virus, early recognition and prompt supportive treatment can substantially lower the risk of developing severe disease.

In Manipur, the outbreak of dengue disease was first reported from Moreh town of Chandel district, bordering Myanmar in 2007 .

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