During the past few decades, epidemics of dengue fever are causing concern in several South-East Asian countries including India. The rural areas of Hissar district of Haryana state, situated about 170 km North-West of Delhi, experienced an outbreak of febrile illness during July-August 1996. A total of 13 villages in eight affected primary health centres reported fever cases. The clinical, epidemiological and entomological findings indicated that the present episode was due to dengue fever. The aetiological agent of the current outbreak, the DEN-2 virus, was isolated from 12 acute-phase sera specimens. Though, in the recent past outbreaks have been reported from the rural areas of southern and western India, the present episode is the first outbreak being reported from the rural areas of northern India. The increasing frequency of dengue fever outbreaks in rural areas of various Indian states reflects the changing life style of the rural population as a result of urbanization process and calls for a suitable prevention and control policy based on strengthened surveillance, appropriate health education to the community coupled with proper training of health personnel.
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