Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Dengue fever fears for NZ after Fiji outbreak
Published: 6:25AM Sunday March 02, 2014 Source: Fairfax
An outbreak of dengue fever that has killed three people and swamped hospitals in Fiji may be headed for New Zealand, experts warn.
For the first time all four known serotypes of the virus are active in the region, threatening the severe and potentially deadly dengue haemorrhagic fever.
In New Zealand the latest figures (December 2013) show a 41 per cent jump in the monthly reported cases of dengue, most of them in Auckland.
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http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/dengue-fever-fears-nz-after-fiji-outbreak-5855247
MONTHLY NOTIFIABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE REPORT - JAN 2014
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Dengue fever: 23 cases of dengue fever were notified in January 2014 compared to 13 cases notified during the same month of the previous year. All of the cases had travelled overseas during the incubation period. The countries visited were Fiji (11 cases), Sri Lanka (2 cases), and Australia, Colombia, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Nepal, Samoa, Singapore, Thailand, and United States of America (1 case each). Some cases visited more than one country.
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https://surv.esr.cri.nz/surveillance/monthly_surveillance.php?we_objectID=3916
Published: 6:25AM Sunday March 02, 2014 Source: Fairfax
An outbreak of dengue fever that has killed three people and swamped hospitals in Fiji may be headed for New Zealand, experts warn.
For the first time all four known serotypes of the virus are active in the region, threatening the severe and potentially deadly dengue haemorrhagic fever.
In New Zealand the latest figures (December 2013) show a 41 per cent jump in the monthly reported cases of dengue, most of them in Auckland.
...
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/dengue-fever-fears-nz-after-fiji-outbreak-5855247
MONTHLY NOTIFIABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE REPORT - JAN 2014
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Dengue fever: 23 cases of dengue fever were notified in January 2014 compared to 13 cases notified during the same month of the previous year. All of the cases had travelled overseas during the incubation period. The countries visited were Fiji (11 cases), Sri Lanka (2 cases), and Australia, Colombia, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Nepal, Samoa, Singapore, Thailand, and United States of America (1 case each). Some cases visited more than one country.
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https://surv.esr.cri.nz/surveillance/monthly_surveillance.php?we_objectID=3916