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  • Dengue reborn

    <p>Dengue&mdash;a viral disease that can refer to both dengue fever and the more severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)&mdash;swept away records again this past spring as it raged across Brazil, infecting more than 160,000 people and killing more than 100. The reports were similar to those out of Southeast Asia in the summer of 2007, South America the previous spring, and India the fall before that. Although it may not be the most devastating of the mosquito-borne diseases&mdash;malaria strikes 10 times more people and yellow fever kills more of its victims&mdash;dengue has become a major public health concern for two reasons: the speed with which it is spreading and the escalating seriousness of its complications.</p> <p><a href="http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/116-a382/" target="_blank">Original Source</a></p>

  • Dengue cases on the rise in Delhi

    Total number of cases so far 63 NEW DELHI: Three new dengue cases were reported in the Capital on Tuesday taking the total number of cases so far this season to 63. Admitting the seriousness of the situation, Deputy Leader of MCD House Ved Prakash Gupta said: "The possibility of spread of dengue has increased this year because of increased mosquito breeding compared with last year. Most colonies have recorded high-density mosquito breeding.'

  • Malaria claims 270 lives in a year mostly in endemic tribal belts

    Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The country is in the grip of a severe spell of communicable diseases, with over 270 people having died of malaria and 15 of dengue. Chikungunya cases have also increased over last year's figures. The government says it is prepared to deal with any adverse situation. "We have revamped our Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme and are focussing on endemic districts. The budgetary allocation for dealing with these diseases has also been enhanced,' Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told The Hindu on Monday.

  • Dengue spike fuels alarm in city

    60 Confirmed Cases In Delhi, 213 In Gurgaon; MCD To Challan Defaulters New Delhi: A sharp rise in the number of dengue cases in Delhi and its neighbouring areas has set the alarm bells ringing. Till August 25, 60 confirmed cases of dengue have been reported from Delhi and 213 from Gurgaon, including two deaths. This is more than three times the number of cases reported during dengue outbreak in 2006 for the same period. In 2007, just 15 cases were reported in the Capital while in 2006 just 19 dengue cases were reported till August 25.

  • 205 dengue cases in upmarket Gurgaon

    CHANDIGARH A team of the Haryana health department has reported that a majority of the 205 cases of dengue in Gurgaon pertain to patients living in New Gurgaon and other upmarket localities. Not a single instance has been reported from Old Gurgaon's Jacubpura area, which is known to have a lot of accumulated dirt and filth, or from any other slum.

  • 9 more dengue patients

    Nine more dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals of the city in the last 24 hours, said the focal person of the dengue surveillance cell, Dr Shakil Malik, on Monday. He said a total of 39 dengue patients have so far been admitted to different hospitals, of which 11 patients were sent home after proper medical treatment at the hospitals.

  • Pattern and severity of Dengue is changing: AKU study

    Experts at the Aga Khan University Hospital examined in-house data from 2000 to 2005 and have reached the conclusion that not only were more patients reporting with Dengue but the third and most fatal stage was occurring in more cases.

  • Mosquito making life miserable but DCC shrugs off complaints

    Mosquito menace has taken an alarming turn in many parts of the city afflicting scores of people with dengue in this late monsoon, a perfect weather for mosquito breeding. According to the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) sources, a total of 375 dengue cases were detected from July 1 to August 18 at different hospitals of the city. People living in Jatrabari, Lalbagh, Dhanmondi, Mohammadpur, Gulshan, Moghbazar, Paltan, Rampura, Goran, Basabo, Manda, Mugda and Sayedabad are the worst sufferers.

  • Dengue alert: Precaution and prevention

    The rainy season provides a fertile environment for Aedes mosquito to grow faster and transmit the dengue virus more rapidly. The incidence of dengue fever has reportedly increased in the country alarmingly. But simple protective measures and following proper guideline can reduce the occurrence, mortality and morbidity caused by the disease.

  • MCD steps up measures to prevent dengue

    Instructions given to health officials and malaria inspectors

  • Malaria alert in 7 dists

    The detection of cases of dengue in some new areas of the state has become a cause of concern for the health authorities. Dengue, which is spread by the bite of aedes mosquitoes, was common in the national capital region of the state till recent years. However, this year several other districts of the state like Fatehabad, Sirsa, Bhiwani and Hisar have come under its grip. Tohana town in Fatehabad district has been the worst hit where as many as 87 cases of suspected dengue have been detected this year.

  • Dengue claims two lives in Gurgaon

    With two dead out of the 150 confirmed dengue cases reported at Gurgaon hospitals, an alarmed district administration is taking immediate steps to arrange special facilities at its civil hospital.

  • Dengue toll rises to 289 this year

    The number of patients infected with the dengue virus in Karachi is on the rise and the total is now at 289 cases, since two new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Sindh Spokesman on Dengue and Deputy Secretary Health Dr Shakil Malik told Daily Times Wednesday that there are 25 dengue patients admitted at various public health facilities in Karachi, including 11 at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, two at Civil Hospital Karachi and two at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

  • Another five dengue cases reported

    Five more patients with suspected dengue virus reported at different government hospitals in the city during Monday night and Tuesday, raising the number of such cases reported this year to 287. Focal person of the Dengue Surveillance Cell Dr Shakeel Malik said that one of the patients was discharged from a hospital after his complete recovery. He said 34 patients with suspected dengue virus were still under treatment in different hospitals, along with two confirmed dengue cases.

  • Dengue fever claims two more lives

    Two patients believed to be suffering from dengue fever have died during the last 24 hours at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and the Civil Hospital Karachi, said health officials on Wednesday. The two patients were among the 94 admitted to various public and private sector hospitals during the last one month with symptoms of dengue.

  • Dengue cases reported

    Hyderabad, Aug. 3: As many as three suspected cases of dengue have been reported from Kukatpally in two weeks. Citizens residing in Borabanda, Ameerpet, Malkajgiri, Uppal, Singareni colony and Saroornagar have been lodging complaints against the mosquito menace in their regions. At least 264 cases of malaria have been reported at government hospitals alone in the last four months.

  • Hospitals receive mosquito nets for dengue patients

    In the wake of the latest detections of dengue fever and a couple of subsequent deaths, the health department of the City District Government Karachi has once again begun distributing specially medicated mosquito nets to government hospitals to provide protection to patients already bitten by the disease-spreading Aedes egypti mosquitoes.

  • Dengue fever Costly machine goes to CHK

    The health authorities have now decided to shift the unused cell separator, which was procured by the Sindh government at a cost of Rs3 million in its drive against dengue about a year back, to the Civil Hospital Karachi at the earliest.

  • Costly machine lies unused at govt hospital: Dengue fever

    A cell separator bought by the Sindh government about a year back for one of its hospitals in the city in its drive against dengue fever is turning out to be an ill-planned procurement as it has not become operational for want of accessories, said sources in the provincial health department.

  • The danger of dengue

    The Thimphu national referral hospital has diagnosed several people, from outside Thimphu, with the dengue infection this month. "Two are above 50 years and four are under 10,' said officials from the public health laboratory (PHL). The dengue infection was confirmed from blood samples. Records from the in-patient department (IPD), however, indicate only five dengue positive cases this month. "Some patients directly go to the out-patient department (OPD) and some just give their blood and don't come back,' said the record section in-charge.

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