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Preventive & Social Medicine (Community Medicine) is a difficult branch to understand ... leave alone the aspect of liking it. Nonetheless, it is an important overarching medical subject encompassing clinical medicine, human behaviour, environment and many more.
Many students keep asking me a lot of exam questions again and again. The aim of this blog is to answer various queries and difficult concepts pertaining to this subject.
Do email me / comment if you find any mistakes or want answers to any particular qustion not listed here.
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Q:The most prevalent mosquito born viral disease in india:

a. Dengue
b. Japanese B encephalitis
c. Yellow fever
d. KFD
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Answer: a.Dengue
Explanation:
Total Number of Dengue Cases in India = 75454 (NVBDCP, 2013)
Total Number of Dengue Deaths in India = 167 (NVBDCP, 2013)

Annual Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis in India = 1714 to 6594 (NVBDCP, 1998-2004)
Annual Deaths of Japanese Encephalitis in India = 367 to 1665 (NVBDCP, 1998-2004)
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