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"11 year old boy is the first victim of dengue, says MSP
A 11 year old boy is the first fatality of dengue in the country so far in 2013, while the sick increase, according to health officials.
From January 1 until the third week of this month (Saturday 19) there have been 476 cases in fourteen provinces, said Norma Armas, national secretary of Public Health Surveillance. This means 16 more than the same period of 2012, when 460 were reported in six provinces, according to reports from the Ministry of Public Health (MPH).
Of the total cases this year, three are bleeding (called serious by the authorities) said Julio Palomeque, technical director of the National Control of Vector-Borne Diseases Arthropod (NMES).
...He added that the majority of patients with dengue fever this year comes in the Sucumbios province with 176 infected, followed with 78 Guayas and El Oro with 28.
...Meanwhile, in Manabi, the three cantons under the jurisdiction of the Health Area No. 2, which are: Manta, Montecristi and Jaramij?, the first named is the most dengue cases have been recorded. Until now people with the disease have 16, of which one was confirmed as dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Figures: The disease
476 cases of dengue were reported from 1 to 19 January in 14 provinces. Of these, 3 patients developed hemorrhagic type disease and one died."
"11 year old boy is the first victim of dengue, says MSP
A 11 year old boy is the first fatality of dengue in the country so far in 2013, while the sick increase, according to health officials.
From January 1 until the third week of this month (Saturday 19) there have been 476 cases in fourteen provinces, said Norma Armas, national secretary of Public Health Surveillance. This means 16 more than the same period of 2012, when 460 were reported in six provinces, according to reports from the Ministry of Public Health (MPH).
Of the total cases this year, three are bleeding (called serious by the authorities) said Julio Palomeque, technical director of the National Control of Vector-Borne Diseases Arthropod (NMES).
...He added that the majority of patients with dengue fever this year comes in the Sucumbios province with 176 infected, followed with 78 Guayas and El Oro with 28.
...Meanwhile, in Manabi, the three cantons under the jurisdiction of the Health Area No. 2, which are: Manta, Montecristi and Jaramij?, the first named is the most dengue cases have been recorded. Until now people with the disease have 16, of which one was confirmed as dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Figures: The disease
476 cases of dengue were reported from 1 to 19 January in 14 provinces. Of these, 3 patients developed hemorrhagic type disease and one died."
