Thailand: dengue outbreak

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Source: http://nationmultimedia.com/2008/07/09/national/national_30077704.php

Dengue dangers

Ratchaburi - There has been a fivefold annual increase in the incidence of dengue fever here. It has killed four people since the beginning of the year.

The province is suffering the second worst outbreak in the country. In all, 1,400 people have been infected.

Public Health deputy permanent secretary Dr Paijit Warachit visited yesterday to find out why.

The ministry declared Bang Phae, Photharam, and Damnoen Saduak districts emergency zones. Special measures are being implemented to control mosquitoes.

Paijit visited patients at Photharam Hospital.

Warning signs have been erected instructing residents to clear their properties of standing water where mosquitoes can bread. Failure to do so can mean one month in jail or a Bt2,000 fine.

 

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Re: Thailand: dengue outbreak

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Dengue claims life
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By The Nation

Public Health Ministry staff descended on Min Buri on Monday after it was confirmed a 17-year-old died there of dengue fever.

Deputy minister Wicharn Meenchainant visited Soi Romklao 6, where the teenage girl died on Sunday morning.

Many properties were found to have standing water where mosquitoes are breeding. Ministry staff sprayed ponds.

They took blood samples from residents and handed out insect-larvae killer. One other case was confirmed.

Residents were given handbooks explaining how to prevent the disease.

The girl developed a fever last Thursday and went into shock on Saturday. She died in Nopparat Ratchathani Hospital.
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Re: Thailand: dengue outbreak

Source: http://www.scandasia.com/viewNews.php?coun_code=no&news_id=4609

Deadly Dengue Fever Raging In Thailand
By Bjarne Wildau

The mosquitoes carried virus dengue fever, is raging with massive force in Thailand and Southeast Asia. In Thailand especially Koh Samet, Koh Mun and Koh Kodi devastated by dengue fever writes writes several Scandinavian newspapers in nearly identical articles. This article from ekstrabladet.dk gives a general understanding of the issues of dengue fever.
The latest official figures from the Thai authorities show that so far 41,307 persons who are infected with dengue fever this year alone.
There are 48 reported deaths so far in 2008, compared to 29 deaths throughout the whole year 2007, according to the Thai newspaper The Nation.
Dengue fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, and the deadly virus is found throughout Thailand and other neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia.
"Dengue fever is widespread, and it has over the years evolved to be the most mosquitoes carried disease, so it affects more people than malaria," says executive director Nils Strandberg Pedersen from ?Statens Serum Institute? in Denmark to ekstrabladet.dk.
The carrier mosquito is treacherous, it also sting during the day, and not only in the dusk, which is typically time for hungry mosquitoes. There is still no vaccine, so the aim is to avoid the itchy and infectious plugs.
When the authorities report on 41,307 cases, it means the actual figure is at least ten times higher, thus the vast majority will never be registered.
The incubation period is generally four to seven days. If you are infected you get flu-like symptoms such as high fever, chills and headache. Other indications can be muscle pain and hypersensitivity to light.
"That the way to recognize the disease the first time you get it. If you become infected a second time, the symptoms are more difficult. Particularly children are at risk, "said Nils Strandberg Pedersen. Both types of the dengue fever can be deadly.
Of course, no one will be fully dressed on the day of a beach holiday, but when dusk falls on, it is a good idea to were close witch cover as much of the body as possible. Protect also hands, ankles and feet with mosquito spray.
Annually, there are less than 50 Danes, who is recorded with dengue fever after a trip. About 150,000 Danes travel to Thailand each year.

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