Taiwan: 2010 Dengue fever cases

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Dengue fever infections may increase this year: doctor
2010/04/25 13:42:17


Taipei, April 25 (CNA) With three cases of dengue fever reported since March, a doctor warned that the early start of indigenous infections may signal that the number of local cases will increase this year.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) under the Department of Health, three dengue fever infections -- all indigenous -- have been found in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung City since the beginning of March, compared with only one reported case during the same time last year.

Huang Kao-pin, director of pediatric infectious disease at Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Kaohsiung Branch, said that theoretically, indigenous infections shouldn't begin to appear until July or August and peak in October or November...

 

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Two more cases of indigenous dengue fever reported
2010/04/27 13:47:15

Taipei, April 27 (CNA) Two more cases of indigenous dengue fever have been reported in the southern city of Kaohsiung, bringing to five the total number of such cases recorded since the start of the dengue epidemic season in March, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Monday.

The latest cases, reported within a week, were classified as a cluster infection involving two people who live 15 meters away from each other in the city's Lingya district, according to CDC Director-General Ling Ting.

The three previous cases also occurred in the port city.

Lin said this year's dengue fever epidemic pattern is similar to that of 2002 in that the season started early, which raises concerns that the outbreak this year could be as bad as it was in 2002...

 

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Number of dengue fever cases rises in southern Taiwan
2010/05/25 14:41:43



Taipei, May 25 (CNA) The Department of Health (DOH) has asked the public to take precautions against dengue fever as the disease's second wind seems to be gaining strength.

Lin Ting, deputy director general of the DOH's Centers for Disease Control, said that this year's dengue fever outbreak has come in two waves. Thirty-eight cases were recorded in the first round, which started last year and extended into this spring.

After the outbreak eased off for more than one month, a second wave has struck, and the number of dengue fever cases has risen to seven, mainly in Kaohsiung City.

"The public should be on alert against the latest round of dengue fever, " Lin cautioned, noting that the mosquito-borne disease is usually prevalent at this time of year.

Because no vaccine exists for the disease, Lin said the most effective step that can be taken against it is to eliminate potential breeding grounds for the mosquitoes by cleaning up containers with standing water.

Dengue fever causes a severe flu-like illness and sometimes leads to a potentially fatal complication called dengue hemorrhagic fever. (By Chen Ching-fang and Lilian Wu)

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