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Incidence of dengue in India increased drastically. Dengue fever is caused by arthropod-borne flavivirus which have four serotypes that spread by the bite of mosquito Aedes aegypti. The objective of this study is to explore the available methods to prevent and control dengue fever in allopathy, homeopathy, Ayurvedic, and traditional medical systems. Primary and secondary sources of data are used in this study. Secondary source of data is Internet. Secondary data is used to analyze allopathy, homeopathy, and Ayurvedic medical systems. Primary data is used to analyze traditional medical system. This is collected by interviewing two traditional medical practitioners. Traditional system is cheaper compared to other systems and it is easy to administer and has no side effects. There is a need to conduct more studies, observations, and investigations to explore safe and effective ways to tackle epidemic diseases like dengue fever and its complications.
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Swapna, B. (2020). A Study on Medical Systems for Dengue Fever. In: Khasim, S.M., Long, C., Thammasiri, K., Lutken, H. (eds) Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1636-8_20
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