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Tainan confirms first case of imported dengue fever this year
01/09/2020 05:12 PM
Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) Tainan in southern Taiwan reported its first case of imported dengue fever this year in a female patient who recently vacationed in Indonesia, the city's Public Health Bureau said Thursday.
The woman in her 20s, who visited the Southeast Asian country from Dec. 21-27, was found to have been infected with the dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) strain and is still being treated for the illness, the bureau said...
...The CDC has reported 10 imported dengue cases of dengue fever in Taiwan this year, 3 in Taipei, 2 in Kaohsiung, 2 in New Taipei, and one each in Taoyuan, Changhua County and Tainan.
There have been no reported cases of indigenous cases of dengue fever so far this year, according to CDC statistics.
Tainan confirms first case of imported dengue fever this year
01/09/2020 05:12 PM
Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) Tainan in southern Taiwan reported its first case of imported dengue fever this year in a female patient who recently vacationed in Indonesia, the city's Public Health Bureau said Thursday.
The woman in her 20s, who visited the Southeast Asian country from Dec. 21-27, was found to have been infected with the dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) strain and is still being treated for the illness, the bureau said...
...The CDC has reported 10 imported dengue cases of dengue fever in Taiwan this year, 3 in Taipei, 2 in Kaohsiung, 2 in New Taipei, and one each in Taoyuan, Changhua County and Tainan.
There have been no reported cases of indigenous cases of dengue fever so far this year, according to CDC statistics.
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