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10-APR-2008 Intellasia | Prensa Latina
Apr 10, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> The Thai people must take strong security measures to curb a dengue epidemic that has killed seven people and infected another 7,400 people during the first quarter of 2008, local health authorities reported.
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Epidemic control teams are carrying out a campaign to eliminate mosquito larvae in stagnant water, deposits and refrigeration ducts, Health minister Chiya Sasombud said.
He added that the current outbreak of the disease is linked to climate change, because as weather is hotter, the mosquitoes carrying the virus live longer and reproduce easily.
Dengue fever is transmitted to humans by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, and mainly affect people aged 7-14.
The disease's symptoms are fever, intense muscle and joint pain and inflammation of lymphatic glands. Its hemorrhagic variety is endemic to Southeast Asia.
In 1998, Thailand was hit by a dengue epidemic, which took a toll of 424 deaths and 129,954 infected people.
http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/health/111242117.shtml
10-APR-2008 Intellasia | Prensa Latina
Apr 10, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> The Thai people must take strong security measures to curb a dengue epidemic that has killed seven people and infected another 7,400 people during the first quarter of 2008, local health authorities reported.
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Epidemic control teams are carrying out a campaign to eliminate mosquito larvae in stagnant water, deposits and refrigeration ducts, Health minister Chiya Sasombud said.
He added that the current outbreak of the disease is linked to climate change, because as weather is hotter, the mosquitoes carrying the virus live longer and reproduce easily.
Dengue fever is transmitted to humans by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, and mainly affect people aged 7-14.
The disease's symptoms are fever, intense muscle and joint pain and inflammation of lymphatic glands. Its hemorrhagic variety is endemic to Southeast Asia.
In 1998, Thailand was hit by a dengue epidemic, which took a toll of 424 deaths and 129,954 infected people.
http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/health/111242117.shtml