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KARACHI - As many as three more new dengue cases have been reported here on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 53. Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell of Sindh Health Department has confirmed that as many as three new cases of dengue fever have been reported in the city. As per details, total suspect cases are now 55 out of them 53 are confirmed with the dengue virus.

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Dengue Costs Puerto Rico Almost $40 Billion Per Year

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A study in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has revealed that mosquito-borne dengue disease costs the island territory of Peru nearly $40 million a year. Dengue fever, the more common dengue illness, causes high fever, joint pain, and severe headache. Dengue hemorrhagic fever, the more severe dengue illness, may put a patient into shock and lead to death. The number of annual dengue infections is now estimated between 50-100 million, with 24,000 deaths, primarily among...Read Full Story

Now a portable tool to detect dengue mosquitoes!

By Joycebabu on | From prokerala.com

Wed, May 23 2012 12:30 IST | 0 Views | Add your comment SHARE: A new portable tool will now help doctors detect dengue virus-carrying mosquitoes and help reduce the likelihood of human infections around the world. Every year, almost one million people, a large proportion of whom are children, require hospitalisation for severe dengue. Besides, over a 100 million people being infected globally can result in mild debilitation through to the life-threatening complications of dengue...Read Full Story

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Israel Health Ministry issues warning over Dengue fever infection Climbing numbers of mosquitoes prompts the Health Ministry to issue a warning to the public concerning Dengue fever; dangerous tropical disease may find hold in Israel, researchers say.3 comments The tropical disease dengue fever is on the increase in Israel and it's only a matter of time until it becomes actively infectious here, according to a local expert. Dengue fever (also known as breakbone fever ) is a virus-caused...Read Full Story

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By KATRINA TURQUOTTE KAIF MISHRA on | From celebrityimagesphotosandwallpapers.wordpress.com

Israel Health Ministry issues warning over Dengue fever infection Climbing numbers of mosquitoes prompts the Health Ministry to issue a warning to the public concerning Dengue fever; dangerous tropical disease may find hold in Israel, researchers say. 3 comments The tropical disease dengue fever is on the increase in Israel and it's only a matter of time until it becomes actively infectious here, according to a local expert. Dengue fever (also known as breakbone fever ) is a virus...Read Full Story

Expert Meeting Discusses Testing of Oxitec Transgenic Mosquitoes in Panama

By propertypanama0 on | From property-panama.com

PANAMA CITY, Panama, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – International scientific and government experts held a forum on 16 May 2012 to discuss the potential use of Oxitec’s genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as a tool to combat Dengue Fever in Panama. The independent forum was co-organised by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies and the University of Panama. This brought together national and regional experts from these...Read Full Story