Maldives

00000000An outbreak of dengue-like fever occurred in Male, the capital island of the Republic of Maldives, in May 1977 and again in May 1979. The outbreak spread to Eydhafushi Island, Baa Atoll(31). Between 12 May and 7 June 1979 about 213 cases were recorded as dengue-like fever were reported from Eydhafushi, and twenty cases from Kendhoo Island. Adeds aegypti and Aedes albopictus were widely present in Baa Atoll as well as on other Islands.

00000000An outbreak of fever cases was reported from Male between the end of March and the second week of May 1988; 167 cases were admitted to Male Central Hospital and nine deaths occurred. Serological (HI) tests on blood specimens collected from admitted fever cases were positive for dengue infection. Eight of the ten paired sera were tested by the Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. In this outbreak of dengue, severe and fatal cases were mostly amongst children. This was the first occurrence of dengue haemorrhagic fever in Male(31).

There was an outbreak in Maldives in 1988 and the total number of cases was 2,054. There were 9 deaths and the CFR was 0.44%. There was another outbreak in 1998.