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Number of imported dengue fever cases reaches new high, CDC says
CNA
April 24, 2016, 12:04 am TWN
The number of imported dengue fever cases has reached 89 this year, setting a new high during the same period in the past few years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday, urging the public to be on guard against the mosquito-borne disease.
The CDC also reported a new indigenous dengue fever case in Kaohsiung: a 77-year-old woman who frequently visits a temple in Gushan district. She developed the symptoms of insomnia, diarrhea and fever on April 19 and was confirmed to have been infected with dengue fever three days later.
Meanwhile, an imported case of chikungunya fever was also reported in the same district. The patient, a 37-year-old man, went to Brazil on a business trip on April 12 and returned to Taiwan on April 19. He developed symptoms of fever, and knuckle and muscle sores the following day...
Number of imported dengue fever cases reaches new high, CDC says
CNA
April 24, 2016, 12:04 am TWN
The number of imported dengue fever cases has reached 89 this year, setting a new high during the same period in the past few years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday, urging the public to be on guard against the mosquito-borne disease.
The CDC also reported a new indigenous dengue fever case in Kaohsiung: a 77-year-old woman who frequently visits a temple in Gushan district. She developed the symptoms of insomnia, diarrhea and fever on April 19 and was confirmed to have been infected with dengue fever three days later.
Meanwhile, an imported case of chikungunya fever was also reported in the same district. The patient, a 37-year-old man, went to Brazil on a business trip on April 12 and returned to Taiwan on April 19. He developed symptoms of fever, and knuckle and muscle sores the following day...