Laos: 2019 Dengue

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Lao Ministry of Health warns of dengue fever nationwide

VNA Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - 17:50:00 Print
Hanoi (VNA) - The Lao Ministry of Health has advised people across the country to clear potential mosquito breeding sites as the current outbreak of dengue fever has claimed 27 lives and more than 11,000 people have contracted the virus so far this year.

According to Lao Minister of Health Bounkong Syhavong, most of the infections and deaths were recorded in Vientiane and the southern provinces.

The ministry has sent some specialists to discuss the control of dengue with health staff in the southern region, he said...

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Severe form of dengue continue to mount in Laos
Source: Xinhua| 2019-07-18 16:44:55|Editor: xuxin

VIENTIANE, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos is facing an outbreak of the most virulent form of the dengue virus during the rainy season.

The Lao National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology has determined that dengue virus serotype 2 and 4 are the causative organisms of more than 14,000 recorded cases of dengue, which have resulted in 31 deaths so far, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Thursday.

The serotype 2 causes hemorrhagic fever, which has a high mortality rate and an analysis of the type 2 strain showed that the virus has mutated.

Lao Minister of Health Bounkong Syhavong said Vientiane is experiencing an outbreak of the type 2 dengue virus, the most toxic type. Champasak, Savannakhet and other southern provinces have also recorded cases involving type 2 virus.

"At this time of the year, if people fall ill, they should suspect that dengue is the cause of their illness and get a blood test at a hospital," he said.

"People infected with the type 2 virus can become dangerously ill within two days instead of four or five days," he added.

There has been a huge increase in the number of dengue cases recorded in Laos this year. On Tuesday, 14,242 cases and 31 fatalities were reported, while 6,446 cases and 19 deaths were recorded in 2018...

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Dengue fever cases rise, claiming 74 lives in Laos
Source: Xinhua| 2019-11-14 13:19:11|Editor: Li Xia
VIENTIANE, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Lao health authorities are advising people across the country to clear out potential mosquito breeding sites after dengue fever claimed 74 lives and more than 37,700 people have contracted the virus so far this year.

The warning comes this week after more cases of dengue fever have been detected with most of the infections and deaths recorded in the capital Vientiane and the southern provinces of Laos, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Thursday.

Director General of Lao National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Department of Communicable Disease Control, Onechanh Keosavanh, outlined authorities' concerns and measures to control and prevent dengue.
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