Article

2005-09-26 Caribbean-Latin America

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Steve 2005-09-26 16:10|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Dengue is bad shit. Didn't it used to be restricted to the Pacific islands?

Many of my male relatives got a dose and every one ended up with a pretty good kidney stone problem at about 50...... who knows.

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-26 17:57|| 2005-09-26 17:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Dengue are mosquito-borne diseases, from a family of viruses, is now endemic to Mexico, and trying to make its way North. It can unpredictably go from the ordinary form, that will make you sick with strange symptoms (nicknamed "breakbone fever") for up to a month; to a deadly hemorrhagic form that behaves like ebola.

Infection from one strain conveys no protection from the others. In Mexico it has been noted that people will develop the hemorrhagic form mostly with their second dengue infection. But otherwise very little is known about much of its particulars.

Noteworthy: unless doctors are familiar with, or have been notified of its symptomology, they may not consider it as a cause for illness. This is important in areas bordering, but not in, dengue notification zones.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-26 19:52|| 2005-09-26 19:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Its all over the Caribbean, incl. Cuba.

Posted by buwaya 2005-09-26 20:16|| 2005-09-26 20:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Also in Malaysia.

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-26 20:39|| 2005-09-26 20:39|| Front Page Top

00:10 JosephMendiola
23:54 JosephMendiola
23:29 JosephMendiola
23:28 Chris W.
23:20 Brett
22:55 Peachy
22:43 Sherry
22:34 Alaska Paul
22:22 2b
22:21 Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom
22:08 Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom
22:07 MunkarKat
22:07 3dc
22:01 Mike Kozlowski
21:59 2b
21:56 2b
21:54 3dc
21:45 Red Dog
21:38 Snaviting Snaiter1250
21:26 Dave
21:12 Old Patriot
21:03 john
20:59 john
20:46 trailing wife