Deadly Dengue on the Rise in Mexico

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Mexican officials are concerned about an alarming rise in dengue fever—cases have risen 600 percent in the country since 2001—and they recently dispatched teams to coastal resorts to spray pesticides and clear pockets of standing water where mosquitoes multiply. It’s “one of the primordial public health problems the country faces,” one Mexican health official told the AP.

Particularly concerning is an increase in deadly hemorrhagic dengue, which now accounts for one in four cases.

If all that wasn’t troubling enough, dengue is expected to rise around Latin America and the world as a result of global warming. The good news, if there is any?

Reports the AP: “The CDC says there’s no drug to treat hemorrhagic dengue, but proper treatment, including rest, fluids and pain relief, can reduce death rates to about 1 percent.” (Via the San Francisco Chronicle)

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