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    Dengue fever ravages Central America, killing at least 32 people this year

    • Last Update: 2020-07-06
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    , dengue fever has killed at least 3,
    of people andin central America so far this year, most of themchildren, and more than 50,000have been affected by the
    of dengue fever, which has been ravagedby prolongedand widespread
    rainfall,has so far killed at least 3,
    Honduran Health Ministryconfirmed onthe death of a 3-year-oldchild from dengue fever , bringing the death toll from dengue fever in the country to 15 this year, Mexican media reported So far this year, Honduras has found 2.
    2
    million cases of typical dengue fever and 1614 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever In Nicaragua, dengue has claimed nine lives, with 1,285 confirmed cases of dengue fever and 141 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever, respectively Nicaragua had a massive dengue outbreak in 2005 that killed 12 people On the 1st and 2nd of this month, the Nepali government launched a large-scale anti-mosquito and clean-up operation, in addition to 20,000 health personnel, a large number of police , military personnel and civil affairs personnel also actively participated In Costa Rica, dengue fever has killed eight people and infected more than 27,000 people this year Authorities in Colombia will carry out anti-mosquito operations in areas with more severe outbreaks this month Dengue fever, caused by the dengue virus and transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is an acute infectious disease classified as typical dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever Typical dengue symptoms are high fever, headache, body muscle , bone marrow and joint pain, extreme fatigue, and so on, so called "broken bone fever." Very few patients can worsen to dengue haemorrhagic fever, i.e the patient bleeds , shock, and even death Dengue fever was found in 1779 in Cairo, Egypt,
    Jakarta, Indonesia, and Philadelphia, Usa, and has been widespread around the world since the last century, with about 50 million cases worldwide each year
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