Dengue fever, Dire Dawa, Outbreak, Risk factorsBackground: Dengue Fever (DF) is underrecognized mosquito borne viral disease prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. In 2013, Ethiopia reported the first confirmed DF outbreak in Dire Dawa city which affected 11,409 people. During the outbreak...
CHICAGO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Analysis of 1959-2009 data revealed that population density and proximity to a country already experiencing an outbreak were the factors most closely associated with a country's own likelihood of experiencing an outbreak. Researchers at the University of Illinois (UI)...
Wang Ming, of Guangzhou’s Disease Prevention and Control Center, said medical experts would be determining whether the elderly victims had died as a direct result of the disease. Wang said both patients had been “almost cured” of the fever. “This year’s outbreak, which began in Jun...
The dengue feveroutbreakon Hawaii's Big Island continues to grow. The state Department of Health said Monday that the number of confirmed cases reached 139 people. That includes 122 Hawaii Island residents and 17 visitors. A Department of Health map shows the area with the highest risk of pote...
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Dengue fever: a risk to travelers An outbreak of dengue fever occurred among a small group of Maryland and Pennsylvania residents following a trip to the British Virgin Islands in January 1996. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral illness that occurs primarily in tropi... BE Karp - 《Md ...
YANGON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The outbreak of dengue fever in Myanmar's Yangon has increased by four times in the first four months of this year compared to the same period of last year , the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Tuesday. ...
Preliminary Report of Outbreak Investigation on Dengue Fever in South TaiwanKuo-Tung ChenMon-Yin ChauMichael Malison卫生福利部疾病管制署Epidemiology Bulletin
a person can be infected more than once. The risk of developingsevere dengue(e.g.dengue shock syndromeor denguehemorrhagic fever, DSS or DHF) after repeat infection is 82–103 times greater than afterprimary infection.37In an outbreak in Cuba, 98.5% of cases of DSS or DHF were in persons...
GUANGZHOU, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have developed an early warning system to predict the risk of dengue fever infections in southern China's Guangdong Province, authorities said Tuesday. The system uses real-time information such as seasonal climate forecasts, infection distribution and mosqui...