Dengue Fever rising in Pacific Rim with Influenza numbers, page 2
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reply posted on 5-6-2009 @ 07:59 AM by marg6043
reply to post by munkey66


Yes you are right, Dengue can be found on tropical temperatures and has been known to spread as north as southern parts of Florida.

And yes is a mosquito and once you get the dengue you don't get it again, but now with mutations going on around you never know.


reply posted on 5-6-2009 @ 08:27 AM by munkey66
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by munkey66


Yes you are right, Dengue can be found on tropical temperatures and has been known to spread as north as southern parts of Florida.

And yes is a mosquito and once you get the dengue you don't get it again, but now with mutations going on around you never know.


I was under the impression that there are at least 4 strains of Dengue and if you catch the another strain it can be fatal.
It is one of those diseases that your body does not build up a resistance to.

we have had one death from Dengue this year, the deceased was an elderly person


reply posted on 5-6-2009 @ 08:51 AM by marg6043
reply to post by munkey66


Well as I was growing up in the 60s and 70s it was one dengue and that was it.

But like I said things change and even my mother got the new strain during the 90s, never unheard off, the hemorrhagic kind so you may be right, the ways thinks are developing now we may have more than one strain.


reply posted on 10-6-2009 @ 10:19 PM by CultureD
reply to post by soficrow


Sofi-

I've been hunting for reports of Dengue in S. America- especially as they go into autumn, and so many people are taking ill with flu there, but haven't heard a PEEP from any news source. Have you come across anything on the topic? I'm curious if there's any relationship between the rise of the two diseases, relative to each other.

Thanks!

[edit on 10-6-2009 by CultureD]


reply posted on 10-6-2009 @ 10:21 PM by CultureD
reply to post by soficrow


And the WHO meets tonight (again)- or today, really, if you're in geneve-

to discuss the declaration of Level 6. Looks like 10 days wasn't too far off.....

Take care, everyone



reply posted on 25-6-2009 @ 11:10 AM by soficrow
Not sure if you caught this one:

Ninety percent viral flu dengue related


Medical experts have confirmed that the viral flu sweeping many parts of the country mainly was 90 percent dengue cases, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry sources said.

Blood specimens sent to the Singapore State University for laboratory investigation confirmed that 19 out of 20 blood specimens are dengue related.

The Ministry has decided to send these blood specimens to the Singapore State University after considering the high death rate reported during the last five months. .....Ministry sources said the university will carry out further laboratory investigations to find out the reason for the rapid shock symptom common in dengue patients.



reply posted on 26-6-2009 @ 06:24 AM by CultureD
reply to post by soficrow


S-
I did catch that- but have limited posting ability these days. It's in the 90s here and it is not doing great things for my spine, so thank you for posting. More when I'm able.

In wellness

C
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