Spread in Phuket

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 13^th 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.

Dengue Fever Return

Here’s info about dengue fever.

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Dengue fever can occur throughout the year, but dispersed in the rainy season during May September. When the mosquito bites and dengue virus in the blood, bacteria will grow in the membrane of the stomach and spread to glands lenfatik the mosquito is ready to spread out to people who have mordu.
Virus causes dengue fever. Most virtual germs cause dengue, which has four types and the common house mosquito is a carrier of disease germs. the virus can live in the mosquito life. period for mosquitoes feed during the day, but at this researchers found steps mosquito behavior is changing food until 23:00.

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.

Dengue Cases Rise in Kidapawan City

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.

US strikes by dengue fever

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.

Facts about dengue.

Above about dengue.

Pathogenic agent
Dengue is caused by four closely related viruses (Den-1 to Den-4) within the genus flavivirus. These are single-stranded RNA viruses with a size of approximately 40 to 50 nm. The RNA genome is associated with the "C"-protein to form a nucleocapsid. In the surrounding lipid membrane, two proteins named "M" and "E" are embedded. The four serotypes differ in the amino acid composition of their "E"-proteins.
Transmission/pathogenesis
The dengue viruses are spread by the bites of infected female Aedes mosquitoes. The most important vector species is Aedes aegypti. In recent years, however, a secondary dengue vector in Asia, Aedes albopictus, has spread into the Americas, parts of Europe and Africa, causing several dengue outbreaks.
Only female mosquitoes transmit the virus. When an infected female feeds on human blood, the virus is transmitted. While the virus circulates in the human blood (for 2 to 7 days), the infected individual experiences fever – the most prominent dengue symptom. During this time, other female Aedes mosquitoes biting the infected human can take up the virus and – after an incubation time of about 10 days – spread it on to other human hosts during subsequent blood meals. The viruses are also transferred vertically, i.e. from a female mosquito to her offspring via the eggs. Human to human transmission does not occur, but the virus can be transmitted by infected blood or blood products (platelets, plasma).

Let’s prevent dengue

Here about how to prevent dengue.

A small mosquito can lead to serious medical problems like dengue. With news and media getting the dangers of dengue into limelight, everyone is looking for ways to prevent this viral infection which can even be fatal in rare cases.

This article will throw light on some basic facts of dengue along with providing some helpful tips on ways you can prevent yourself from it.

As mentioned above, dengue is a problem that is spread through mosquito bites and is caused by a virus. Its prime symptoms include fever, muscle and joint pains, rashes on the body, nausea, headaches and pain behind the eyes.

Since there is no vaccine for dengue available yet, the only way you can protect yourself is by taking proper preventive steps. Read ahead and find out how you can shield yourself from the problem of dengue.

The fact is that dengue spreads through mosquito bites. Thus, to prevent mosquito bites, you must ensure that you don’t allow mosquitoes to breed in or near your house.

For this, you need to ensure that you don’t have any stagnant water near your house. During summers, change the water of your coolers frequently and also keep your drainage system clean and hygienic. Use mosquito repellents if you find a lot of mosquitoes flying in your house.

If you are fond of keeping flowers and plants at home, you must ensure that there is no stagnant water in pots or in flower vase. You should keep changing the water of flower vase so as to prevent stagnant water which can turn into mosquito’s breeding place.

To prevent dengue, you must avoid going in crowded places, especially during the times when there is a spread of this infection. Also, wear full sleeved shirts and keep your body covered through proper clothing to avoid mosquito bites on your body.

Thus, follow the above given tips to effectively prevent yourself from the problem of dengue.

Reduce risk of dengue

Here’s about dengue.

Red Cross volunteers across Sri Lanka are working to stop the spread of a dengue fever epidemic that has already claimed 175 lives and affected more than 17,000 people.

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) is working closely with the Ministry of Health to raise awareness of the disease and help people reduce their risk of catching it.

With funding from the American Red Cross, 28 schools in the southern Galle and Matara districts have been given awareness-raising workshops for students and their parents on how to keep a clean and clear environment, prevent stagnant water bases and to seek medical advice as soon as they think they might be infected.

Lack of knowledge

Winodan Dias, project coordinator for the SLRCS disaster preparedness programme in Galle, says: "Many have now realized that it is not just about keeping one's environment clean and clear of mosquito breeding pits. The rise in the level of the epidemic also has a lot to do with the lack of knowledge about the disease."

As well as disseminating information, the health authorities have implemented a national dengue control programme, which gives public health inspectors and officials the right to inspect public places and residences for mosquito breeding sites and take legal action against offenders.

Leaflets have been distributed in 14 schools and communities in the Galle and Matara districts, Gampaha and Colombo and banners have been erected in various public places and among community villages not just in Galle and Matara but also in Colombo and Gampaha districts. The SLRCS and a number of communities in both districts have also campaigns to help clean their villages and get rid of potential mosquito breeding grounds.

Awareness-raising

The SLRCS has also encouraged teams of volunteers known as village disaster management committees to include door-to-door awareness-raising in their campaigns in various areas in the south, including Bentota, Balapitiya, Hikaduwa, Galle and Habaraduwa.

In June, the World Health Organization said that some 2.5 billion people are now at risk from dengue and established that there may be 50 million cases of the disease worldwide every year.