Is dengue fever back?

[NewsWhore]

After spending months out of the headlines, Public Health officials are addressing the recent concerns of another dengue fever outbreak. The Public Health minister is reporting 1,000 new cases up to this point in the year, for an average of 400 dengue cases per every month in 2007. Listin Diario writes that 3 people have died this year due to dengue. Minister Bautista Rojas says that if dengue fever continues to spread unattended it could infect 6,000 people by the end of the year. The ministry nationwide fumigation plans to eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the fever. Health Minister Bautista Rojas explained that in comparison to 2006, when 52 people died from the fever, the rate of infection has decreased. He also added that the goal is to continue decreasing the rate of infection. On 17 April the Health Ministry will begin its education and sanitation campaign.

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