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Dengue death toll rises to 18 in French islands
English.news.cn 2010-08-25 17:14:32
PARIS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from an outbreak of dengue fever in the French Caribbean islands Martinique and Guadeloupe about six months ago has risen to 18, local media reported on Tuesday.
About 26,000 people have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease in Martinique and 13 of them have died.
Some 33,000 cases have been reported in Guadeloupe and five have died, with the fifth victim, a 16-year-old teenager, having also suffered from sickle cell anemia, an inherited blood disease, said Patrick Portecop, director of the local emergency department...
Dengue death toll rises to 18 in French islands
English.news.cn 2010-08-25 17:14:32
PARIS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from an outbreak of dengue fever in the French Caribbean islands Martinique and Guadeloupe about six months ago has risen to 18, local media reported on Tuesday.
About 26,000 people have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease in Martinique and 13 of them have died.
Some 33,000 cases have been reported in Guadeloupe and five have died, with the fifth victim, a 16-year-old teenager, having also suffered from sickle cell anemia, an inherited blood disease, said Patrick Portecop, director of the local emergency department...