Saturday, August 16, 2014

PRO/MBDS> Dengue - Myanmar (02): (Yangon)

Dengue -- Worldwide/Unknown

More than 1 200 people -- most of them children -- have been hospitalised with severe dengue in Yangon [region] between January and July [2014] and 12 of them have died from the mosquito-borne disease, the Yangon Region Health Department said. The number of cases is rising, especially in suburban areas with poor sanitation, it said.

Dengue fever is a severe, flu-like illness that affects infants, young children and adults. Its severe form, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), requires



Source: HealthMap Global Disease Alerts http://ift.tt/VtyQ6m

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