@article{Chaudhry_Ahmad_Nisar_Rashid_Mushtaq_Ijaz_Chaudhry_Raashed_2015, title={A MATCHED CASE – CONTROL STUDY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RISK FACTORS OF DENGUE FEVER AMONG RESIDENTS OF A LOCAL UNIVERSITY, LAHORE}, volume={21}, url={https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/743}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v21i3.743}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Objective:  </strong>To identify potential risk factors of den-gue fever (DF).</p> <p><strong>Study Design:  </strong>1:1 matched case-control study.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:  </strong>Cases were those participants confir-med with DF by laboratory investigation (n = 37) and controls (n = 37) were selected from participants who had no past history of having DF during their stay at the city campus of University of Veterinary and Ani-mal Sciences, Lahore during the outbreak of 2010 and 2011 and were matched on education level.</p> <p><strong>Data Analysis:  </strong>Logistic regression analyses were applied to check the association of risk factors with<br /> dengue infection.</p> <p><strong>Results:  </strong>Signs and symptoms showed that the pati-ents suffering from DF had fever (100%), headache (100%), body pain (97.3%), eye pain (89.2%), joint pain (83.8%), abdominal pain (62.2%), gum bleeding (37.8%), nasal bleeding (18.9%), diarrhea (27%), blo-od in stool (5.4%) and blood in urine (2.7%). People not using repellents (Odds Ratio [OR] = 6.68; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.30 - 34.18), and people not sleeping inside screened doors and windows (OR = 4.82; 95% CI: 1.17-19.72) were the significant poten-tial risk factors.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:  </strong>Dengue could be controlled by aware-ness and adapting protective measures.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Chaudhry, Mamoona and Ahmad, Saeed and Nisar, Muhammad and Rashid, Hamad Bin and Mushtaq, Muhammad Hassan and Ijaz, Tayyba and Chaudhry, Haroon Rashid and Raashed, Muhammad}, year={2015}, month={Nov.}, pages={173} }