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India-Pakistan
Health Ministry reports 1,487 dengue patients
2006-11-12
A total of 4,098 patients with symptoms similar to dengue fever had been admitted to hospitals throughout the country up till Saturday, a Health Ministry press release said. Dengue fever has killed a total of 37 people in the country including 35 in Sindh and 2 in NWFP, while the total number of patients confirmed positive for the dengue virus is 1,487. In Islamabad and Rawalpindi, 619 patients with dengue fever symptoms have so far been hospitalised. The total number of confirmed dengue patients in the twin cities is 226.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Moose, it is in the United States. Both Hawaii and Puerto Rico have off and on epidemics.

All of the mosquito borne illnesses are ripe to make a comeback in the U.S. Sanitation has slipped and DDT is no longer in use.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2006-11-12 11:59  

#1  Only a miracle has kept dengue out of the US, from Mexico, where it is endemic. A mosquito borne illness, it has extraordinary and drastic symptoms that are acute for a week and make you miserable for three.

However, unpredictably, often with a second infection, it can turn into a hemorrhagic form, like ebola. Quite lethal.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-11-12 08:00  

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