Summary:
more-inFrequent rains over the last week have caused a spurt in viral diseases, mainly mosquito and water-borne, doctors reveal. With mosquito infestation slowly rising as the temperature drops and water stagnates, doctors warn that vector-borne diseases, mainly malaria and dengue, will rise. The city-based government Fever Hospital has seen a significant rise in out-patient numbers which doctorsattribute to the weather. Venkatesh said the cases of mosquito infections at Fever Hospital are mainly from endemic malaria areas in Medak. The number of cases of malaria, gastrointestinal illness, including typhoid and viral hepatitis, are on the rise,” said Dr.
K.
Shankar, Superintendent of the Fever Hospital..