Missouriwatcher
Editor, Senior Moderator
Dec 13, 2012:
Health Commissioner Darice Plaskett said that representatives from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are on island through next week to assist the Health Department in determining the degree of dengue activity in the community.
?We have invited CDC epidemiologists and entomologists to provide technical assistance to the Health Department in investigating the apparent increase in Dengue cases that began last month,? Plaskett said.
CDC staff will work with Health Department staff and community health care professionals to ensure that people with a dengue-like illness have access to dengue diagnostic testing, Plaskett said...
Earlier this week, the Department?s Environmental Health officers and CDC entomologists began conducting mosquito assessments at schools and in neighborhoods known to have a high number of dengue cases. In addition, an investigation will begin to determine how many cases of dengue have been identified at schools...
In addition to mosquito assessments conducted at schools, CDC and Health Department staff will conduct surveys of students and teachers at several schools on the island to learn more about who has had dengue. Some students and teachers will also be asked to participate in the testing of their blood for evidence of recent dengue virus infection to confirm the extent of dengue in schools. These investigations will provide information to help prevent the spread of dengue in USVI...
http://www.healthvi.org/news/press-...partment-of-health-to-investigate-dengue.html
Health Commissioner Darice Plaskett said that representatives from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are on island through next week to assist the Health Department in determining the degree of dengue activity in the community.
?We have invited CDC epidemiologists and entomologists to provide technical assistance to the Health Department in investigating the apparent increase in Dengue cases that began last month,? Plaskett said.
CDC staff will work with Health Department staff and community health care professionals to ensure that people with a dengue-like illness have access to dengue diagnostic testing, Plaskett said...
Earlier this week, the Department?s Environmental Health officers and CDC entomologists began conducting mosquito assessments at schools and in neighborhoods known to have a high number of dengue cases. In addition, an investigation will begin to determine how many cases of dengue have been identified at schools...
In addition to mosquito assessments conducted at schools, CDC and Health Department staff will conduct surveys of students and teachers at several schools on the island to learn more about who has had dengue. Some students and teachers will also be asked to participate in the testing of their blood for evidence of recent dengue virus infection to confirm the extent of dengue in schools. These investigations will provide information to help prevent the spread of dengue in USVI...
http://www.healthvi.org/news/press-...partment-of-health-to-investigate-dengue.html