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This is the terror of the Philippines as well. Hits kids and leaves adults. I don't know why it only hits the tropical zones but I think in may be that the mosquito that carries it is only tropical. There were several kids in our town of Jagna that died a painful death in spite of a mosquito eradication effort.
Virus Outbreak Hits Thousands in Brazil
CNN
Posted: 2008-04-03 17:56:57
Filed Under: World News
(April 3) - More than 55,000 people have been hit by dengue -- a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus -- around Rio de Janeiro in the last four months, Brazilian authorities said Thursday.
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Vanderlei Almeida, AFP / Getty Images Deadly Dengue
Kills Dozens1 of 5 Suspected of being affected by dengue fever, a 3-year-old girl receives medical treatment Monday at a military hospital near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 55,000 people in the country have been hit by the mosquito-borne virus, while 67 people in Rio de Janeiro state have been killed by the disease, Brazilian officials said.
The disease killed 67 people so far this year in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, the state's Ministry of Health reported.
Nearly half of the deaths were children under the age of 13, the ministry said.
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia said patients from outside the city are flooding the municipal hospital, and there aren't enough beds to accommodate them, Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported. See how people are being treated »
The newspaper said the average hospital waits ranged from eight to 28 hours in some places.
One father told O Globo, "I am just watching my son die slowly as we knock on different hospital doors."
There are four types of the dengue virus, and all are carried by infected mosquitoes -- mainly the Aedes Aegypti mosquito -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The disease cannot be spread from person to person.
The CDC estimates there are 10 million cases of dengue around the world each year. Symptoms include high fever, severe headache, backache, joint pains and eye pain, nausea, vomiting and a rash, according to the CDC.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever, a more severe form of the virus, "can be fatal if unrecognized and not properly treated," the CDC said. However, with treatment, fatalities due to DHF can be less than 1 percent, the CDC said.
The Rio de Janeiro Health Ministry said 513 of its 57,010 cases of dengue were that of the dengue hemorrhagic fever virus. It did not identify how many of the 67 deaths were from the dengue hemorrhagic fever or "classic" dengue.
There is no vaccine to prevent dengue or dengue hemorrhagic fever, the CDC said.
Virus Outbreak Hits Thousands in Brazil
CNN
Posted: 2008-04-03 17:56:57
Filed Under: World News
(April 3) - More than 55,000 people have been hit by dengue -- a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus -- around Rio de Janeiro in the last four months, Brazilian authorities said Thursday.
Photo Gallery
Vanderlei Almeida, AFP / Getty Images Deadly Dengue
Kills Dozens1 of 5 Suspected of being affected by dengue fever, a 3-year-old girl receives medical treatment Monday at a military hospital near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 55,000 people in the country have been hit by the mosquito-borne virus, while 67 people in Rio de Janeiro state have been killed by the disease, Brazilian officials said.
The disease killed 67 people so far this year in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, the state's Ministry of Health reported.
Nearly half of the deaths were children under the age of 13, the ministry said.
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia said patients from outside the city are flooding the municipal hospital, and there aren't enough beds to accommodate them, Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported. See how people are being treated »
The newspaper said the average hospital waits ranged from eight to 28 hours in some places.
One father told O Globo, "I am just watching my son die slowly as we knock on different hospital doors."
There are four types of the dengue virus, and all are carried by infected mosquitoes -- mainly the Aedes Aegypti mosquito -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The disease cannot be spread from person to person.
The CDC estimates there are 10 million cases of dengue around the world each year. Symptoms include high fever, severe headache, backache, joint pains and eye pain, nausea, vomiting and a rash, according to the CDC.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever, a more severe form of the virus, "can be fatal if unrecognized and not properly treated," the CDC said. However, with treatment, fatalities due to DHF can be less than 1 percent, the CDC said.
The Rio de Janeiro Health Ministry said 513 of its 57,010 cases of dengue were that of the dengue hemorrhagic fever virus. It did not identify how many of the 67 deaths were from the dengue hemorrhagic fever or "classic" dengue.
There is no vaccine to prevent dengue or dengue hemorrhagic fever, the CDC said.
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