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Saudi Arabia - 2000 cases of denque & 10 deaths in Jeddah so far in 2013

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10 deaths as "dengue" in 4 months

Team insiders have control sterilized a watershed in Jeddah

Jeddah: Najla Al Harbi 2013-05-28 1:23 AM

The head of the Saudi Society of Internal Medicine and professor of infectious diseases at King Abdulaziz University, Dr. Tariq Madani, the King Abdulaziz University Hospital recorded during the past four months, 10 cases of death due to being infected with dengue fever.
pointed out in a statement to the "home" yesterday, that despite receiving the necessary treatment, but the state of health of late caused the deaths, noting that the number of registered cases of people with dengue fever confirmed in Jeddah since the beginning of the Hijri year current reached 2,000 cases.
and causes of death in cases of 10, attributed to the ignorance of the people with symptoms of dengue fever, pointing out that they They think they influenza seasonal resulting in a deterioration of their health and mortality, blaming the Preventive Medicine and the Secretariat and the actors involved responsibility in the spread of the disease, pointing out that awareness campaigns are inadequate, warning of the danger of the spread of the disease.
called on the Ministry of Health to organize awareness campaigns enough, expressing fears turning the disease into an epidemic, pointing out that the state has allocated a budget of around 7 billion riyals to combat the disease and eliminate it.
denounced the secrecy of Health in the announcement of the infected cases, pointing out that advertising contributes to the definition of community to the seriousness of the problem, and take the necessary precautions, demanding to deal transparently with extent of the disease also occurs with the "Corona."
He added that Jeddah is currently experiencing a setback in the face of dengue fever, since the announcement of their appearance 7 years ago, pointing to the importance of accelerating the spraying operations and the elimination of hotbeds of groundwater within neighborhoods registered the largest number of injuries the disease, especially as it is were selected neighborhoods in the south of Jeddah rise by incidence of the disease, including the university district, Kandra, Sulaymaniyah, and influenza Yamania.
In the same vein, I learned that "home" from informed sources in preventive medicine in Jeddah that he is no indication in the high number of cases of dengue fever in Jeddah, noting that is recorded 160 confirmed cases per week since the beginning of the year Hijri year.
added that although the control teams field in the Secretariat is working hard to eliminate sites breeding other, but the number of personnel control is weak.
warned of the change in the pattern of the virus that causes dengue fever in the transmission of the strain 1 to strain 2 sophisticated which cause hemorrhagic fever in the event of injury this strain II.
, and suggested that the Ministry of Health conducted a study to find out the reasons for the high incidence of dengue fever in Jeddah during this year, in order to eliminate them.
noted that The preliminary results of the study indicate the presence of mosquito breeding sites is unknown and is not detected by the control teams.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/Local/News_Detail.aspx?ArticleID=147296&CategoryID=5
 
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