Highest Dengue cases recorded this yr

UNB, Dhaka :Some 1,900 Dengue cases with four fatalities have been reported so far this year in the country, mostly in capital Dhaka, with experts attributing the unusual rise in the dengue cases to changing rainfall patterns.According to data provided by the National Health Crisis Management Center and Control Room of the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), 765 dengue cases were reported in the capital in August this year while 793 in this September.The data reveal that less than 700 dengue cases were reported in Dhaka city in August 2014 while below 200 in September 2014. “Dhaka has experienced a huge volume of precipitation this monsoon…if rainfall occurs five days in a row, mosquitoes breed in  stagnant water pools, including water tanks, drains and pot plants, and spreads dengue virus,” in-charge of the National Health Crisis Management Center Dr Ayesha Akhter told UNB on Wednesday.Dhaka did not see enough rainfall last year like this year, Ayesha said adding the cases of dengue is on the rise in the country since the rainfall pattern is changing. Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue is spread by two mosquito species-Aedes aegypti and to a lesser extent Aedes albopictus-both of which breed in stagnant water pools.