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Source: https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2019/10/22/los-tres-brazos-on-alert-for-increased-malaria-cases/
October 22, 2019 | 9:42 am
Los Tres Brazos on alert for increased malaria cases
SANTO DOMINGO. – Los Tres Brazos faces an emergency situation, in the municipality of Santo Domingo East, due to a large number of malaria patients, where there are 77 of 87 cases registered in the last weeks of surveillance, come from this boundary.
Its proximity to the banks of the Ozama River makes it vulnerable to the effects of the disease. The abundance of ponds and swamps – sources that favor the reproduction of the Anopheles mosquito, the transmitter of the parasite that causes it – ensures that the area is plagued by the pest.
October 22, 2019 | 9:42 am
Los Tres Brazos on alert for increased malaria cases
SANTO DOMINGO. – Los Tres Brazos faces an emergency situation, in the municipality of Santo Domingo East, due to a large number of malaria patients, where there are 77 of 87 cases registered in the last weeks of surveillance, come from this boundary.
Its proximity to the banks of the Ozama River makes it vulnerable to the effects of the disease. The abundance of ponds and swamps – sources that favor the reproduction of the Anopheles mosquito, the transmitter of the parasite that causes it – ensures that the area is plagued by the pest.