Prevention and treatment of Dengue and Chikungunya through herbal remedies

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Anila Baloda (Department of Botany, DAV College, Sector-10, Chandigarh)

Dengue and Chikungunya, being tropical fevers are mosquito-borne viral diseases whose vectors are the species of the Aedes mosquito but by different viruses. Chikungunya is caused by a Togaviridae alpha virus and Dengue is caused by a Flavirideae flavivirus. During the last ten years the number of patients suffering from these two diseases were increasing in Delhi and northern India and there is currently no vaccine for Dengue and Chikungunya. Researchers found the only way to fight against these diseases lies in Ayurveda.