Dengue Fever
Outbreak reaching epidemic proportions, WHO says
Published in Vector and Zoonosis Week, August 26th, 2002
There have been reports of a resurgence in the mosquito-borne disease in recent months, with major outbreaks in Brazil, other parts of Latin America and in Asia, WHO said.
"This year looks a bit like 1998; we had a pandemic and it affected much of the tropics, all more or less at the same time," noted Mike Nathan, communicable diseases specialist with WHO.
A record 1.2 million people were infected with dengue in 1998.
Nathan said there had been 550,000 reported cases of dengue in...
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