About prevention against dengue fever.
Dengue fever deteriorating health and even lead to death, and cells in the body and eat quickly. People by promoting the production of platelets that the body can develop resistance to the increased need to consume papaya. I'm in serious trouble the authorities hope to start taking serious steps.
About dengue fever command center established.
Taipei, Oct. 21 (CNA) A central epidemic command center was established Thursday in a bid to curb an outbreak of dengue fever in southern regions of Taiwan after more than 600 indigenous cases were reported since August, the Department of Health (DOH) said that day.
According to the two commanders-in-chief -- DOH Minister Yaung Chih-liang and Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Minister Stephen Shu-hung Shen -- the preliminary goals of the center are to encourage the public to get rid of containers of standing water in which the dengue-carrying mosquitoes breed and to eradicate other possible breeding sites.
According to the number of households and residents in a community, an estimate of the number of containers in the community can be calculated, said Shih Wen-yi, deputy director-general of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Shih added that it is important to stop the spread of dengue fever before the seasonal drop in temperature, or else the disease will be more difficult to combat.
To enhance cooperation between the central and local governments, two southern command centers were set up simultaneously in Kaohsiung and Tainan in a ceremony attended by Shih and Lai Chien-jung, an official from the EPA's southern division.
Article about dengue cases.
Number of patients affected by viral haemorrhagic fever is increasing dramatically throughout the country as it is inserted in 1841, revealed by the Health Ministry here on Saturday.
According to reports, 16 people have died so far of dengue in the country, adding that patients were admitted to 3853 hospitals in different countries.
According to Ministry of health 105 Dengue cases are reported in Islamabad, 248 in the Punjab, 1382 in Sindh, whereas five cases in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Article about dengue and chikunguniya.
Following a rise in chickunguniya fever, the MCD was directed by the Delhi government to intensify its drive against mosquito breeding. For providing good medical care to people who were affected, district health officers were directed by Health Minister Kiran Walia at a meeting.
This season the total number of people affected is 4,679 with 65 new cases of dengue reported in city on Tuesday.
About eight people have died of chickunguniya total 33 cases of chickunguniya have been reported in the capital so far.
Aboyt 553 cases have been reported by central zone of Delhi, followed by Shahdara-north with 543 cases and Rohini has the highest number of dengue cases at 596.
Following the rising cases of chickunguniya and dengue fevers, Out Patient Departments in all the Delhi Government hospitals will be operational throughout the day and in the night also.
In an attempt to control the situation, mobile medical with teams of doctors and para-medical staff will be deployed.
People will be told about measures to keep mosquitoes away and also the diseases that are spreading.
Walia added that work will be defined so that more can be done to keep the diseases away.
Talks about dengue.
Dengue fever outbreaks are now a major threat to global public health, the World Health Organization says. WHO say the number of cases of the disease has more than doubled in the last 10 years, and unless countries act quickly it will only get worse, the BBC reported.
Two-fifths of the world's population are at risk of the disease, with the majority living in the Asia Pacific region, health experts say.
A serious flu-like illness that is transmitted by mosquitoes, dengue can develop into dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal.
Outbreaks in the Western Pacific region as well as cases recorded in previously unaffected areas show that action must be taken without delay, WHO says.
"National resources need to be mobilized to sustain dengue prevention and control, and the disease's profile needs to be raised on the global health agenda to stimulate the interest of international agencies and donors," Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, said.
"The fight against this disease is everybody's problem," he said.
Article about dengue fever cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the number of dengue fever cases has more than doubled over the past 10 years.
Dengue is a serious flu-like illness that is transmitted by mosquitoes, and can develop into dengue haemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal. The disease is spread by the aedes aegypti mosquito.
The UN health agency has warned that dengue outbreaks are now a major threat to global public health, reports the BBC.
Two fifths of the world”s population are at risk of the disease, with the majority living in the Asia Pacific region.
The WHO has warned that the increased number and size of dengue outbreaks in some countries in the Western Pacific region, as well as cases recorded in previously unaffected areas, are signs that firmer action cannot be delayed.
The WHO”s regional director for the Western Pacific, Dr Shin Young-soo, said: “National resources need to be mobilized to sustain dengue prevention and control, and the disease”s profile needs to be raised on the global health agenda to stimulate the interest of international agencies and donors.”
The number of cases in the Western Pacific Region has more than doubled over the past 10 years.
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Government authorities said Monday, Malaysia could be the first Asian country to use genetically modified mosquitoes for fighting the rise in dengue fever.
The programmed will see the release of genetically engineered male mosquitoes into the wild. The insects in the study have been engineered so that their offspring quickly die, which will help curb the increasing mosquito population, in a technique researchers hope could eventually eradicate the dengue mosquito altogether.
Laboratory test trials have made the Malaysian scientists optimistic.
The female of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that is quite common in Asia and Latin America is responsible for spreading dengue fever, whose symptoms include high fever, joint pains and nausea. There is no known cure or vaccine for the fever, which can lead to internal bleeding, circulatory shut-down, liver enlargement and even death in severe cases.
Efforts urging Malaysians to keep neighborhoods clean and destroy stagnant sources of water that are potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes, have failed and more innovation ways are needed for fighting dengue.
According to Health Ministry statistics, between January and early October, the number of dengue related deaths in Malaysia reached a total of 117, a 65% increase from last year. Overall, dengue infections increased 17% from last year to over 37,000 cases.
Lim Chua Leng, a Health Ministry official said, in the first experiment of its kind in Asia, Malaysian authorities plan to release between 2,000 and 3,000 genetically modified mosquitoes in two areas, after Cabinet approval has been received.
However, environmentalists are concerned the GM mosquito could fail to prevent dengue and also have unintended consequences.
Critics say the larvae will only die if their environment is free of tetracycline, an antibiotic commonly used for medical and veterinary purposes.
Article about dengue cases in New Delhi.
The national capital reported 79 more dengue cases Tuesday, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 4,244, an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said.
Rohini zone in the capital is the worst affected area with 524 cases, followed by South and Civil Lines Zones with as many as 519 cases, the official said.
Seven people have died of the disease this year.
Meanwhile, a total of 21 chikungunya cases were reported from Delhi this year. There were no chikungunya cases last year, the official added.
Article about dengue fever in Karachi. Read, click and try product from the bottom of this blog under sponsor links. ^_^
Health facilities are yielding no fruit in the metropolis as dozens of patients suspected with dengue fever are being reported in different clinics and OPD sections of various hospitals.
Health experts have warned citizens to strictly take preventive measures especially against the dengue fever, which can be transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with any one of the four dengue viruses.
In-charge Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell Dr Shakil Malik told TheNation that from January 1, 2010 to date, as many as 1758 dengue suspected patients are reported in the whole province, out of which 852 are found positive.
He said, “In the megalopolis, more than 700 suspected cases were been reported during the same time period, which shows the level of prevalence of the disease in the city.
Fortunately, the disease has claimed lives of only five patients this year. More than 70 patients are admitted in various public and private health facilities, including Civil Hospital Karachi, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Aga Khan Hospital, Anklesaria Hospital, Ziauddin Hospital, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center Hospital, Qatar Hospital, Sindh Government Hospital Saudaabad, LNH, NIBD, Karachi Adventist, Kutyna Memon Hospital, Fatima Bai Hospital, Patel General Hospital, OMI Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, OT Hospital etc.”
A renowned expert in mosquito species, Prof Dr Jamil Hasan Kazmi of Karachi University, while talking to TheNation on Sunday, said that the torrential rains have created new breeding points in shape of pools. He said that the temperature between 22 to 30 degree centigrade helps in the breeding of mosquitoes.
Talking about the global burden of dengue, he said, “The incidence of dengue has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades. Some 2.5 billion people, two fifths of the world’s population, are now at the risk from dengue. According to WHO’s fresh estimates, there may be 50 million dengue infections worldwide every year. In 2007 alone, there were more than 890000 reported cases of dengue in the Americas, of which 26000 cases were DHF.
Above news about dengue cases.
Has the region finally begun to witness an onslaught of suspected dengue cases post the monsoon season?
While as many as 45 suspected cases of dengue have already been reported in the past one and a half months in the region, the fact that the cases have been pouring from almost all parts of the east UP region has kept the district health administration in a state of alertness.
"Cases have been reported from different parts of east UP region including districts like Mau, Azamgarh, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Mirzapur and Sonebhadra and the chief medical officers of the district have been already informed," district malaria officer (DMO) MA Khan informed TOI on Friday. "Out of these suspected cases, as many as nine cases have been reported from Varanasi district and most of the patients have recovered from their illness with no causalities reported so far," he said.
It may be mentioned here that the district has not reported any confirmed case of dengue fever in the past three years. Six confirmed cases were reported in 2006. As per reports of the DMO office, which is also the nodal office for control of vector-borne diseases in the region, even the confirmed cases reported in 2006 were of persons who had returned from New Delhi during the festive season.
"The suspected dengue cases reported from the region also bear resemblance to the cases in 2006, as most of them have been reported in people who have returned to the city from New Delhi in the past couple of months," said the DMO. "The situation is completely under control and every effort has been initiated to curb such cases," he added.
As per superintendent-in-charge, SPG divisional hospital, DB Singh, six beds for suspected dengue patients have been already reserved and the number can be increased with provision of make-shift beds in other wards if such a situation occurs. "All precautions are being taken to keep the dengue ward clean for optimal use of patients," he added.
It is also worth mentioning that beside the SPG hospital, SSL hospital, BHU, and DDU district hospital in the city are also equipped with separate dengue wards, each having the capacity of six beds. In addition, the district health administration has also made the provision of dengue kit in district hospital for confirming the cases of dengue fever, whereas BHU has its own set up with all the diagnostic and pathological testing facilities for confirming such cases.
Meanwhile, the district health administration, in support with Varanasi Nagar Nigam, has also initiated anti-dengue measures, including destruction of potential sources of breeding of mosquitoes. As per reports of VNN, the fogging drive has been already initiated on the prominent roads and residential colonies while health officials are also likely to start changing of water in the coolers, flower pots and water tanks to stop their growth.
Read more: Suspected dengue cases being reported - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Suspected-dengue-cases-being-reported/articleshow/6714913.cms#ixzz11qkiXj5u
Above news about dengue.
25 patients with dengue fever were admitted to Civil Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan Wednesday evening, as the mounting number of infected patients in the country grows.
696 people have been infected by the deadly disease since August 2010, according to data from Dengue Surveillance Cell Sindh (DSCS).
Fears mount that the problem may get worse as various areas in the country's Interior Sindh region are hard hit by the virus.
Dengue fever is an infectious tropics-based disease transmitted though mosquitoes; those infected develop a rash and experience pains in their joints and head.
Here’s about dengue.
Dengue cases are on the rise in Bangalore.
Hospitals in the city are reporting fresh cases everyday. The Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital witnesses six to eight fresh cases of dengue every day.
As many as 91 patients at the hospital have tested positive for the fever from January till June 26.
KC General Hospital at Malleswaram too treats six to eight patients suffering from dengue everyday.
Dr Jagadish Chinnappa, pediatrician at Manipal Hospital, said 15 children were admitted to the hospital and were undergoing treatment for dengue on Tuesday.
Dr H Parmesh, director (medical), Lakeside Hospital, said 10 confirmed cases are reported on an average at the hospital everyday.
Dr Hira Raikar, joint director of health and family welfare department (Malaria and filaria) said the palike should take steps because dengue cases were on the rise this year. “We asked the BBMP chief health officer last Thursday to submit a detailed project report of actions and measures taken by the palike,” he said.
Above info about dengue fever spread in Phuket.
The number of dengue fever cases in Phuket is soaring, according to the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO).
PPHO Director Narinrach Pichyakamin said figures released by the PPHO at a meeting of public health volunteers on June 17 showed 213 cases of dengue fever in Phuket from January 1 to June 12 this year.
The initial target for 2010 was to keep the figure below 170 cases for the entire year, Dr Narinrach said.
According to Ministry of Public Health statistics, Phuket has the highest incidence rate [63.4 cases per 100,000 residents] of dengue of any of the Andaman Coast provinces and currently ranks 13th among Thailand’s 76 provinces.
The incidence rate for 2009 was a much lower, at 38.5 cases per 100,000 residents. There were a total of 126 cases out of a total registered population of 327,006, the official figure used for 2009.
The PPHO currently lists the registered population of Phuket at 335,913, a figure which does not include the huge number of migrant workers from other provinces.
Given that the number of Thais living here is probably about twice the official population, the actual incidence rate is likely about half of the one reported.
This is because all cases among Thais are included in the calculation, sources at the PPHO said during previous outbreaks.
Dr Narinrach said education is key in preventing the spread of the mosquito-borne dengue fever.
“We have started campaigns to teach locals how to eliminate breeding grounds of mosquitoes,” he told the Gazette.
“In order to prevent the spread of the disease, everyone must look after their residences and make sure there aren’t places where mosquitoes can breed, such as open water containers. If everyone were aware of things like this and took action, the situation would improve,” he said.
PPHO volunteers always find more mosquito breeding sites at the beginning of the monsoon season, he said.
Dr Narinrach pointed out that it is urgent to implement a project of eradicating breeding grounds in homes and communities, as June and August usually see the highest numbers of dengue fever cases.
The highest incidence rate recorded in Thailand so far this year is in Chanthaburi Province, which stands at 134.77 cases per 100,000 people.
In Southern Thailand, Satun Province tops the list with a rate of 121.12 cases per 100,000 people.
Above some info about it.
Days after St. Johns County warning of possible mosquito-borne illnesses to animals and humans, Clay County health officials reported that two horses have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
Encephalitis, along with West Nile virus and dengue fever, are spread by mosquitoes -- which are prevalent across the area due to hot weather and standing water left by summer rain storms, which are where the insects are hatched.
Clay County Mosquito Control and the Clay County Health Department continue surveillance and prevention efforts. Residents and visitors are encouraged to take basic precautions to help limit exposure to mosquitoes.
Jacksonville Mosquito Control officials told Channel 4 earlier in the week that the peak season for mosquitoes is just arriving.
"We're trying to stay ahead of the game and to prevent an outbreak or the spread of disease," Clark said.
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Honduras has a dengue distribution, emergency power for the opinions so far affected 10 people at most 11 000 claimed the lives of people in the country.
Health is monitored by a cabinet secretary in the formation of an inter-institutional commission has accepted the proposal. Commission plan is carried out to control the epidemic.
A permanent state commission Commission and National Association of Risk Management Systems including Aedes aegypti with a couple of other organizations, making virus mosquito breeding grounds that are working to eliminate.
numbers by national health authorities and classic and hemorrhagic dengue type per 10,780 cases, more free country approximately 461 such cases.
Here’s info about dengue fever.
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We found all age of people can have a Dengue fever but most found in children age between 5-10 years. At the first period after bitten by mosquitoes, the patients will have a high fever 3-7 days and the symptoms is serious or not depend on each patient. Most patients will have high temperature, red face, stomachache, boring food, pain throughout body. Some patients have blood-spot on their skin. Most have no cold. The dangerous thing of Dengue fever is the patient or closed person will not know that they have a Dengue fever until they are in crisis and have bleeding in some part of body especially nosebleed, blood-spot on the skin, vomit, thirsty all the time. Please take the patient to see doctor immediately so doctor can cure in time.
Now Bangkok Hospital Pattaya can check Dengue germ by PCR method and the new updated method by Dengue NS1 Antigen. Both methods will present the result quickly and correctly within 24 hours so it’s a one way that can help to reduce risk of the death from Dengue fever.
PCR
- Know the result within 24 hrs.
- Expensive
- Know the kind of Dengue germ
Dengue NS1 Antigen
- Know the result within 24 hrs.
- Cheaper
- Unknown the kind of Dengue Germ (each kind has violenceAnd treatment differently)
Most of the time, we heard people died cause of dengue fever. So preventive and protective people you care by eradicate and frustrate culture area of the mosquitoes larvae by closing the cover of water-ware, check water in vase and change water every week to prevent mosquitoes lay its egg because it like to culture in clean-no movement water. And the patient should take care yourself and don’t let mosquitoes bite within the first 5 days of having this disease because virus is still in the blood and can spread to another person.
Here’s about dengue cases in Kidapawan.
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato—Health authorities here are alarmed by the continuing increase in the number of dengue cases despite an intensified campaign against the mosquito-borne ailment.
Gloria Mondejar, city health sanitary inspector, said based on their records, 192 dengue cases were reported during the first five months of the year. This was more than double the 87 cases recorded during the same period last year, she added.
Mondejar said what was alarming was that the increase occurred even if the city health office had intensified its anti-dengue campaign.
“This is alarming, that is why the city health office is now intensifying more its campaign against dengue in all 40 villages of the city,” she said.
Among the areas where a large number of dengue cases were reported this year were the villages of Lanao, Poblacion, Sudapin, Magsaysay and Singao.
Mondejar said they were replicating the anti-dengue campaign in Barangay Patadon, a Muslim community, where not a single case of dengue has been reported since the start of the year.
“City health officials lauded the village officials of Patadon for working hard in the campaign against dengue in their area,” Mondejar said.
She said among the things the city health found was that residents of Patadon were very active in cleaning their surroundings.
Mondejar said they were now using the Patadon example in encouraging residents of other places to trim or cut the branches of trees near their homes and rid their neighborhoods of possible mosquito breeding areas.
In Cotabato City, the Maguindanao provincial health office also said dengue cases rose during the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year.
Dr. Tahir Sulaik, Maguindanao provincial health officer, said his office has recorded 90 cases of dengue in at least six towns in Maguindanao.
Of the 90 patients, one died, he said.
Sulaik identified the town of Datu Odin Sinsuat, where many residents displaced by the 2008 violence between the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front continue to live, as having the highest number of dengue cases.
From January to May, at least 29 cases were recorded in Datu Odin Sinsuat.
Sulaik urged residents to develop the habit of burning dried grass and leaves in the afternoon to ward off mosquitoes.
Empty bottles and containers inside homes should also be disposed of lest mosquitoes breed in them.
Here’s info about dengue cases.
The Centre for Health Protection is investigating two confirmed Dengue fever cases involving a 37-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man.
The woman developed a fever and rash since June 2 and was admitted to Yan Chai Hospital on June 7. She recovered and was discharged the following day.
The man came down with a fever and headache June 7 and developed rash on June 10. He was admitted to United Christian Hospital two days later. He recovered and was discharged June 14.
Both patients were members of two diving groups who visited Sabah and Sipadan, Malaysia, May 23 to 29. Four other group members were symptomatic but have already recovered.
Above some info about dengue.
A Myanmar official daily Monday called on the country's people to continue to take preventive measures against dengue fever as it has entered the rainy season which is sensitive to the occurrence of the disease.
"Dengue fever, malaria, diarrhea, cough and pneumonia may rare their ugly heads again," the New Light of Myanmar warned in its editorial, stressing the need to take preventive measures against the seasonal diseases.
Pointing out that mosquito, in particular, is the most prolific in the rainy season, the editorial emphasized the need also to pay serious attention to the prevention and control of dengue fever so that people can stay away from the disease caused by mosquito.
Quoting the health department, the editorial said mostly under- 15 children, especially between three and nine years of age suffer dengue fever and now such cases are found even among some adult people, further warning that dengue fever cases can occur regardless of age and season.
According to the Yangon City Development Committee, the city saw less dengue fever occurrence in the first quarter of 2010 correspondingly, thanks to the authorities' tight preventive measure against the disease.I confess to some cynicism about this report. Burma (renamed Myanmar by its military rulers) is effectively a satellite of China. No one else has a kind word to say about the despots who rule it, though India and Thailand help to keep the generals in power with their trade deals.
Here’s about dengue cases.
Dengue fever cases this year have more than halved compared to the first six months of 2009, local media reported on Wednesday, citing officials of Health Ministry.
However, health officials warn that more dengue infections are likely during the forthcoming rainy season, which is arriving late.
Seven people died in the first five and a half months of this year, the same toll as last year, but reported infections have decreased in the same period from 2,431 to 1,111, the ministry's dengue control program director Ngan Chantha was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying.
"The number has decreased, but we are calling on people to remain careful with the breeding of mosquitoes during the rainy season," Chantha said.
"From the 21st to 22nd week, the jump in cases is quite high," Chantha said, noting there were 242 cases in week 22. "We should be vigilant because July is a highly vulnerable month."
The decrease in dengue fever cases is due to the delayed rainy season, increased public awareness and health care system improvements, said Hai Ra, head of dengue control at Kompong Cham provincial health department.
In the first 21 weeks of this year there were 122 reported cases of dengue with two deaths in Kompong Cham, down from 315 cases with three deaths during the same period last year, Hai Ra was quoted as saying.
Kompong Cham is the second-most affected province after Phnom Penh, followed by kandal and Siem Reap.
Let’s talk about dengue fever.
“Dengue is the most common vector-borne viral disease in the world, causing an estimated 50–100 million infections and 25,000 deaths each year (1). During 1946–1980, no cases of dengue acquired in the continental United States were reported. Since 1980, a few locally acquired U.S. cases have been confirmed along the Texas-Mexico border, temporally associated with large outbreaks in neighboring Mexican cities (2–4). On September 1, 2009, a New York physician notified the Monroe County (Florida) Health Department (MCHD) and the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) of a suspected dengue case in a New York state resident whose only recent travel was to Key West, Florida. CDC confirmed the diagnosis, and a press release was issued to notify the public and Key West physicians of the potential risk for locally acquired dengue infections. In the next 2 weeks, two dengue infections in Key West residents without recent travel were reported and confirmed. Subsequently, enhanced and active surveillance identified 24 more Key West cases during 2009. On April 13, 2010, another Key West dengue case was reported to FDOH, bringing the total to 28.”
Symptoms of dengue include:
Usually dengue fever causes a mild illness, but it can be severe and lead to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), which can be fatal if not treated. People who have had dengue fever before are more at risk of getting DHF.
Above about dengue.
“The untimely death of my son was due to the lack of proper medical care at the hospital” charged a father of three children S. P. Wimalasena of Kawdana, Dehiwala.
He was making a statement regarding the death of 17-year-old S. P. Isuru Prabath, a year 12 student of Lalith Athulathmudali College, Mount Lavinia, suspected of Dengue.
Commenting further Wimalasena said that on May 31 his son Isuru Prabath developed vomiting, high fever and was removed to a private medical institute and later transferred to the national hospital Colombo on their advice.
Despite daily blood tests, no improvement was visible and on June 3, morning my son complained of breathing difficulty and shouted in pain. The Ward doctor in charge tried in vain to avail the services of a qualified doctor. In the afternoon my son was transferred to the ICU where he died, no post mortem was even held, the father complained.
K. B. Fernando (70) grandmother of Isuru Prabath in her evidence said the deceased was the only grand-son who was studying for the GCE Adv. Level before the untimely death.
Here about dengue fever in US
Dengue fever has returned to the U.S. in the Florida Keys, after a 65.
The mosquito-borne virus has been identified in 28 people from Key West by the US Centers for Disease Control. The CDC announced the findings last week in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
"We don't know for sure that this hasn't happened before without being noticed," says Christopher Gregory of the CDC's dengue branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico. "It could be the tip of the iceberg."
Most cases resolve after flu-like symptoms, says Gregory. He says the best precaution is to empty standing water from potential mosquito breeding grounds, such as birdbaths.
Gregory says the blame for this dramatic rise could lie with increased travel between the US and South and Central America and the Caribbean - areas which have seen nearly 5 million cases of dengue fever from 2000 to 2007. Infected mosquitoes have also been moving northwards, thanks to global warming.
Dan Epstein of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington DC is worried that these two factors could lead to outbreaks of dengue haemorrhagic fever, the most severe and lethal form of the disease, which is present in South America.
Gregory is more concerned about the potential spread of chikungunya, an incurable mosquito-borne virus, that causes crippling arthritis-like symptoms. It's only a matter of time before it reaches the US, he says.
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There Cabotaje According to Dr. Myrna, Department of Health Cordillera Administrative Region (car) Director of the citizens of the regions north, as the mosquito-borne disease dengue fever is a warning during the drought caused by El Niño dissemination.
She went on to say that people should protect themselves against mosquitoes lax, and remind citizens to be vigilant to prevent breeding grounds for mosquitoes by water-solid lid on the container and therefore a clean environment.
Dengue fever of 10 per cent over the same time last year for the Cordillera Administrative Region increased.
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Even before the January 12, 2010 earthquake, Haiti, reported the highest incidence of the tropical world. After the devastation of the infrastructure capital of Haiti, from tropical threat has grown considerably as a result of lack of potable water for the city and the urgent need that people have to store supplies what little they can put into his hands.
In the best case, it is almost impossible to stand in line behind all efforts to prevent dengue mosquito to water tanks kept in and around the home, household, much less in the current circumstances, where the priority is the survival rate is open.
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Approximately 200 traps set Provector, one inside the house and other buildings of cotton, which is only one of the poorest malaria and Dengue-supported trips to visit COTN DR. Of cotton men were obvious differences in mosquito infestations, where the trap was set against all the opposition parties. It was shown that the pesticide, Bacillus thuringiensis, in the center of the flower was part of the task to attract mosquitoes, and the destruction of the destination premises. Flower Provector would offer protection for the family 24 hours a day.
Hurricane season is not far away. The rain is coming and people of Haiti is probably still far fewer homeless shelter. Water is a scarce and storage containers, all open for dengue mosquito join all the temporary structures. Mosquitoes breed with joyful abandon. Infection will increase and the already strained health services, Haiti is struggling to cope.
Jakarta braces for dengue fever.
The city Health Agency is currently faced sharp attacks, 914 cases of dengue were recorded in two months.
Agency Head Emawati agency said Friday it was 20 beds and medical staff provide five centers in the areas of health, including Ciracas in East Jakarta, Cempaka Putih Central Jakarta and Cilincing in North Jakarta.
"We will give priority to health centers, far from the hospital. Patients have to go to the hospital, we can the burden on hospitals," she said.
It said doctors and nurses who would be assigned to medical facilities would be selected out of 313 new health professionals who were recruited last year.
The Agency has stated that cases of dengue fever reached 914 on February 3 this year, a decrease of 25 percent over the same period last year.
In the first two months of 2009 saw a total of 1202 incident cases reached 18,000.
It said the majority of cases occurred in East Jakarta, which has seen 309 cases, followed by South Jakarta with 267 cases, North Jakarta, with 131 cases, 123 cases in West Jakarta and Central Jakarta with 84 cases.
