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First local dengue fever report
EARLY INCIDENT:A young woman in Kaohsiung was likely infected by a man living in the same borough who contracted the disease in Thailand, the CDC said
By Lin Chia-nan, Ou Su-mei and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed the first case of indigenous dengue fever in the nation ? a young woman in Kaohsiung who was likely infected by a person who contracted the disease in Thailand.
The 20-something woman visited a doctor on Friday after developing symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, and tested positive for the dengue virus, the CDC said in a press release.
She is now in hospital under quarantine, and her house in Singbang Borough (興邦) in the city?s Cianjhen District (前鎮) has been disinfected, it said...
First local dengue fever report
EARLY INCIDENT:A young woman in Kaohsiung was likely infected by a man living in the same borough who contracted the disease in Thailand, the CDC said
By Lin Chia-nan, Ou Su-mei and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed the first case of indigenous dengue fever in the nation ? a young woman in Kaohsiung who was likely infected by a person who contracted the disease in Thailand.
The 20-something woman visited a doctor on Friday after developing symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, and tested positive for the dengue virus, the CDC said in a press release.
She is now in hospital under quarantine, and her house in Singbang Borough (興邦) in the city?s Cianjhen District (前鎮) has been disinfected, it said...
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