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Dengue Fever Outbreaks Strike Asia
Southern China, Japan, Taiwan Battle Potentially Deadly Disease
By Shirley S. Wang
Nov. 14, 2014 8:48 a.m. ET
Though much of the world is focused on the Ebola virus, pockets of Asia are struggling with record outbreaks of a mosquito-borne infectious disease called dengue fever, which has no specific drug treatment.
Guangdong Province in southern China is facing its largest outbreak of the virus in more than 20 years. There have been more than 44,000 confirmed cases in Guangdong, with more than 15,500 people hospitalized and six deaths as of Nov. 12, according to the Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission.
On Nov. 3, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned travelers to the region about the outbreak, advising them to prevent mosquito bites.
The Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, with more than 9,000 cases, is battling its largest-ever outbreak of laboratory-confirmed infections. In Hong Kong on Nov. 7, officials confirmed a third case of locally acquired dengue, after last month discovering its first in four years. Earlier this fall, Japan faced its first outbreak in 70 years...
Dengue Fever Outbreaks Strike Asia
Southern China, Japan, Taiwan Battle Potentially Deadly Disease
By Shirley S. Wang
Nov. 14, 2014 8:48 a.m. ET
Though much of the world is focused on the Ebola virus, pockets of Asia are struggling with record outbreaks of a mosquito-borne infectious disease called dengue fever, which has no specific drug treatment.
Guangdong Province in southern China is facing its largest outbreak of the virus in more than 20 years. There have been more than 44,000 confirmed cases in Guangdong, with more than 15,500 people hospitalized and six deaths as of Nov. 12, according to the Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission.
On Nov. 3, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned travelers to the region about the outbreak, advising them to prevent mosquito bites.
The Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, with more than 9,000 cases, is battling its largest-ever outbreak of laboratory-confirmed infections. In Hong Kong on Nov. 7, officials confirmed a third case of locally acquired dengue, after last month discovering its first in four years. Earlier this fall, Japan faced its first outbreak in 70 years...