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Bali holiday diseases warning
Cathy O'Leary Medical Editor, The West Australian July 2, 2011, 8:43 am
Thousands of West Australians heading to Bali for the school holidays are being warned about potentially fatal infections after an increase in dengue fever and people needing anti-rabies treatment.
Health Department figures show so far this year more than 100 West Australians have been treated for rabies exposure after being bitten or scratched by animals, with two-thirds of the incidents occurring in Bali. The department said people who were bitten or scratched needed immediate medical treatment to clean the wound and often a course of injections when they returned home. Once symptoms developed, rabies was fatal.
A spokeswoman said there been almost 200 cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever in WA so far this year...
Bali holiday diseases warning
Cathy O'Leary Medical Editor, The West Australian July 2, 2011, 8:43 am
Thousands of West Australians heading to Bali for the school holidays are being warned about potentially fatal infections after an increase in dengue fever and people needing anti-rabies treatment.
Health Department figures show so far this year more than 100 West Australians have been treated for rabies exposure after being bitten or scratched by animals, with two-thirds of the incidents occurring in Bali. The department said people who were bitten or scratched needed immediate medical treatment to clean the wound and often a course of injections when they returned home. Once symptoms developed, rabies was fatal.
A spokeswoman said there been almost 200 cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever in WA so far this year...