Srinagar: A first case of dengue infection was detected in Kashmir after a 20-year-old boy from North Kashmir’s Bandipora was tested positive in SKIMS (Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Science) hospital Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said.
The boy (name withheld) of Ajar, Bandipora was brought to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura after complaining high fever.
“Soon after the patient was tested positive for dengue infection, he was shifted to JVC hospital Bemina," officials said.
"The patient has recently returned from Chandigarh, " they added.
Dengue virus as the vector (Aedes aegypti mosquito) cannot survive in temperature at 26ºC and below, the chances of occurrence of dengue in Kashmir is very rare.
