Monday, October 17, 2011

prevention of dengue fever

1.Isolaion of the patient & treatment under a mosquito net
2. Control of aedes mosquito by
a. Abolishing the breeding places by a              
3. Isolation n integrated
b.Destroying adult mosquitos by spraying insecticides.
c.Avoiding aedes mosquito’s bites at day time approach of environmental sanitation and biological control. specially in the peak feeding period i.e. in the morning for several hours, by using mosquito net or by using repellents containing deet (less then 30%) on the exposed skin or by using mosquito coil,
d.Dengue vaccine a live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine is at an advanced stage of development, but yet not available for clinical use.

 

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