Patients suffering from high fever are often put through a series of tests to detect the cause of fever. They end up spending a few thousand rupees on diagnostic tests (malaria test costs up to Rs 750 and the one for dengue costs up to Rs 4,500). What's more, their treatment gets delayed pending cofirmatory tests. But now there is now hope for such patients whose suffering is prolonged owing to the number of tests they undergo.
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Malaria and dengue cases and deaths in India | |||||
2009 case/death |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Malaria | 1,563,574/1144 | 1,599,986/1,018 | 1,310,656/754 | 1,066,981/519 | 200,048/51 |
Dengue | 15,535/96 | 28,292/110 | 18,860/169 | 50,222/241 | 11,591/41 |