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Dengue fever kills 3 in Yangon, Myanmar
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Dengue fever has killed three people out of 264 infected in the first half of this year in Myanmar's Yangon where most of the dengue fever cases were reported, according to Thursday's local weekly Khit Myanmar.
Especially in the three townships of Insein, Shwepyithar and Mayangon in the city, the outbreak of the dengue fever was registered high this year, a research report of the Ministry of Health was quoted as saying.
The authorities attributed the disaster to heavy population and poor stream-water flow in the areas.
The 680-square-kilometer Yangon has a population of 6 million.
Since August, a mass prevention campaign against the dengue fever has been underway in Yangon in the wake of increased threat of widespread infection of the disease during the current rainy season.
According to official statistics, nearly 13,000 dengue fever cases occurred in Myanmar in 2005, a sharp increase from the previous year's 6,000.
The figures represented the second biggest outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral disease since 2001 when it was reported as 15,695.
Dengue fever usually breaks out during and after the rainy season and children aged under 12 are particularly vulnerable to the disease.
Broken out in Myanmar intermittently, the dengue fever was first detected in Yangon in 1969 and a major outbreak of the disease followed in 1970, which was confined in Yangon until 1973.
The first case in northern Mandalay division was detected in 1974 and major outbreaks had occurred in the division about every four years with most recent in 2001 and 2005.
Source: Xinhua
Especially in the three townships of Insein, Shwepyithar and Mayangon in the city, the outbreak of the dengue fever was registered high this year, a research report of the Ministry of Health was quoted as saying.
The authorities attributed the disaster to heavy population and poor stream-water flow in the areas.
The 680-square-kilometer Yangon has a population of 6 million.
Since August, a mass prevention campaign against the dengue fever has been underway in Yangon in the wake of increased threat of widespread infection of the disease during the current rainy season.
According to official statistics, nearly 13,000 dengue fever cases occurred in Myanmar in 2005, a sharp increase from the previous year's 6,000.
The figures represented the second biggest outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral disease since 2001 when it was reported as 15,695.
Dengue fever usually breaks out during and after the rainy season and children aged under 12 are particularly vulnerable to the disease.
Broken out in Myanmar intermittently, the dengue fever was first detected in Yangon in 1969 and a major outbreak of the disease followed in 1970, which was confined in Yangon until 1973.
The first case in northern Mandalay division was detected in 1974 and major outbreaks had occurred in the division about every four years with most recent in 2001 and 2005.
Source: Xinhua