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Dengue still major threat despite lower death rate
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 12/18/2010 11:42 AM
Dengue infection remains a major health threat in Indonesia due to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment, while the incidence of the mosquito-borne disease increases.
Sri Rezeki S. Hadinegoro, a professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the Department of Medicine at the University of Indonesia, said recently that dengue cases in Indonesia had steadily increased since the first case was reported in 1968.
?We have a growing number of dengue cases although we have been able to decrease the disease?s mortality rate,? she told The Jakarta Post on the sidelines of a three-day symposium titled ?Human Genetics and Infection: Towards Better Management of Disease?...
Dengue still major threat despite lower death rate
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 12/18/2010 11:42 AM
Dengue infection remains a major health threat in Indonesia due to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment, while the incidence of the mosquito-borne disease increases.
Sri Rezeki S. Hadinegoro, a professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the Department of Medicine at the University of Indonesia, said recently that dengue cases in Indonesia had steadily increased since the first case was reported in 1968.
?We have a growing number of dengue cases although we have been able to decrease the disease?s mortality rate,? she told The Jakarta Post on the sidelines of a three-day symposium titled ?Human Genetics and Infection: Towards Better Management of Disease?...