World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

IS DENGUE A SEX DEPENDENT DISEASE – A DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT AT JHARGRAM BELT, WEST BENGAL IN 2017-18

Avijit Maity, Nivedita Bhattachrya, Indrani Chakraborty, Tirthankar Pradhan and Nirmal Pradhan*

ABSTRACT

Dengue fever is a viral infection and is serious health problem worldwide particularly in Asian countries including India. It is an autoimmune disease which is caused by the vector Aedes aegypti giving NS-1 and IgM positive test. Besides this, other environmental factors and many host factors are also involved in its rapid transmission. A demographic study report on dengue fever at Jhargram belt in West Bengal, India, in 2017 – 18, revealed the predominance of suffering in male than female. It was also severe in age group between 20-40 years. In the second stage the other victimized group was 0- 10 years. The biochemical reports in males also showed higher level of SGPT, IgG and IgM level. The ESR level was higher in female but total leucocyte count was higher in male. The collected reports favour the possible assumption on dengue as an male dominant autoimmune disease. But the exact mechanism is still obscure. In future we should find out whether it is truly sex dependent like few other diseases i.e. diabetes mellitus, grave’s disease, systemic lupus erythematosus etc. and how is genetically interrelated.

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