(a)*HISTORY OF DENGUE*

The first recorded potential case of dengue fever comes from a Chinese medical encyclopedia from the Jin Dynasty (265–420 AD). The Chinese referred to a “water poison” associated with flying insects.The first definitive case report dates from 1789 and is attributed to Benjamin Rush, who coined the term "breakbone fever" because of the symptoms of myalgia and arthralgia. The viral etiology and the transmission by mosquitoes were deciphered only in the 20th century. Population movements during World War II spread the disease globally. A pandemic of dengue began in Southeast Asia after World War II and has spread around the globe since then.