Kathmandu, March 3 -- Dengue continues to spread through Nepal even in the dead of winter, as 146 people were infected in January and 136 in February this year, according to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division shows. Like in the previous years, infection of the deadly virus continues year-round.

"Compared to the same period last year, the number of reported cases is lower this year," said Dr Gokarna Dahal, chief of the Vector Control Section at the division. "Since dengue has become endemic in our country, people get infected throughout the year."

Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. According to the World Health Organisation, the same vector also transmits chikungunya,...