NewsWhore
09-27-2006, 06:40 PM
Official figures for the 2006 dengue outbreak are now pegged at 3,933 cases and 37 deaths, according to the National Epidemics Center (DNE). This is the most serious outbreak in recent years, far surpassing the 2003 epidemic. Even the country's richer and more famous citizens are not immune to the virus carried by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. Listin Diario carries a front-page photo of singer-politician Sergio Vargas' son, who is suffering from the illness. Vargas was affected by the epidemic, losing a nephew to the hemorrhagic variety of dengue fever, and his son has been in hospital for five days with the same type of fever. Of the 3,933 cases reported so far, only 150 have been diagnosed as being of the hemorrhagic variety. According to the minister, the incidence of reported cases has diminished over the last two weeks, possibly in response to the government's spraying efforts.
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