Dengue Epidemic in Postconflict Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 2013

Mamoona Chaudhry Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.

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Saeed Ahmad Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.

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Hamad Bin Rashid Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.

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Iftikhar Ud Din Department of Community Medicine, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, Pakistan.

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* Address correspondence to Mamoona Chaudhry, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Abdul Qadir Jilani Road, Lahore, Pakistan. E-mail: mamoona.chaudhry@uvas.edu.pk

Authors' addresses: Mamoona Chaudhry and Saeed Ahmad, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, E-mails: mamoona.chaudhry@uvas.edu.pk and saeedonnet@hotmail.com. Hamad Bin Rashid, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, E-mail: hamad.chaudhry@uvas.edu.pk. Iftikhar Ud Din, Department of Community Medicine, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, Pakistan, E-mail: dr.iftikhar.uddin@gmail.com.

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