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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Paavan MATHEMA

Climate Shifts And Urbanisation Drive Nepal Dengue Surge

A patient undergoes treatment for dengue in Nepal, where more than 28,000 have been infected by the mosquito-borne illness so far this year (Credit: AFP)

Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country's high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanisation nurture fever-bringing mosquitoes in new zones.

Only a single case of dengue was recorded in Nepal in 2004. Two decades later, thousands of cases are being reported across the country.

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