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Dengue outbreaks on the rise in Asia-Pacific: WHO
Reuters
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Outbreaks of dengue fever have risen in the Asia Pacific region in the past year, killing three times more victims in 2008 than in recent years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Chusak Prasittisuk, a dengue specialist with the WHO, said 3,255 people died of the disease last year in the organization's Southeast Asia countries grouping, which also includes South Asia and North Korea as well as Indonesia, Thailand and Timor Leste. This compared to 1,202 in 2003...
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Dengue outbreaks on the rise in Asia-Pacific: WHO
Reuters
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Outbreaks of dengue fever have risen in the Asia Pacific region in the past year, killing three times more victims in 2008 than in recent years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Chusak Prasittisuk, a dengue specialist with the WHO, said 3,255 people died of the disease last year in the organization's Southeast Asia countries grouping, which also includes South Asia and North Korea as well as Indonesia, Thailand and Timor Leste. This compared to 1,202 in 2003...
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports...Asia+Pacific/1377747/story.html#ixzz0nNmmU4n5