Dengue
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Description:
* 1 Signs and symptoms
* 2 Diagnosis
* 3 Treatment
* 4 Epidemiology
* 5 Prevention
* 6 Potential antiviral approaches
* 7 Recent outbreaks
* 8 References
* 9 External links
* 10 See also
Source/publisher:
Wikipedia
Date of entry/update:
2006-04-20
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Dengue, Online health resources
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"The Ministry of Health and Sports said that 15 died of dengue in June and July this year. Most of the victims of dengue are from the age group of 5-9.
Ministry of Health and Sports Deputy Director and Dengue Prevention Project Manager Dr. Nay Yee Yee Lynn said that dengue fever was caused by a virus and this disease is transmitted by Aedes mosquito. The patient may die of dengue when infected. We need to distinguish between dengue and COVID-19 when the patient gets fever.”
The high prevalence of this virus is mostly found in Sagaing Region, Shan State (East), Mon State and Karen State..."
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"Mizzima" (Myanmar)
Date of entry/update:
2020-07-31
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"Myanmar saw a decline in number of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever cases in first five months of this year, compared to the corresponding period of last year, a health official said on Wednesday.
From January to May this year, the country registered 1,408 dengue infections with 11 deaths, while 2,283 cases were reported with 13 deaths in the same period of last year, said Nay Yi Yi Lin, project manager of Dengue Fever Prevention and Control Program and deputy director of the Public Health Department under the Health and Sports Ministry.
Regionally, the mosquito-borne dengue fever cases were mostly reported in Sagaing, Mandalay, Yangon, Magway regions and Mon state.
The ministry has carried out preventive measures against common monsoon diseases including vector-borne diseases since early April, the project manager said.
The health ministry is making strenuous efforts to accelerate preventive and control measures against the dengue fever with a national plan to reduce the infection and mortality rates.
According to the ministry's figures, Myanmar reported over 23,000 dengue fever cases with over 100 deaths last year.
Dengue fever is transmitted by the bites of the Aedes mosquito and mostly occurs in the months of June, July and August of Myanmar's rainy season..."
Source/publisher:
"Xinhua" (China)
Date of entry/update:
2020-06-25
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U Kyaw Aung, who is about 50-years-old, moved from Maubin in Ayeyarwady division, to a slum in Yangon over ten years ago. Over 60 migrant households live in the same squat at the corner of Seikkan Thar Street and Wutmasut Wun Htauk Street in Industrial Zone No. 4, Yay Okkan Ward, Hlaing Tharyar township.
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"As the lanes are muddy with stagnant water, their huts were built on elevated stilts – to keep the interiors dry and clean from the sludge outside. Ramshackle bamboo bridges connect one hut with another. Most dwellers work in the nearby industrial zones.
The surroundings are unsanitary, and the houses lack proper plumbing for toilets. As residents frequently bathe outside, it is a breeding ground for diseases like cholera, diarrhea and skin infections. Residents face many health issues every year. Dengue fever is caused by a virus carried by mosquitos, which are attracted to the abundance of still water surrounding the houses. Other health issues like cholera are caused by contact with fecal matter, caused by lack of sanitation from toilets.
The Hlaing Tharyar township is home to the highest number of migrant workers in Yangon, with nearly 50,000 squatter households, officials said. Whenever an infectious disease occurs in Yangon Region, Hlaing Tharyar usually suffers the most from infectious disease outbreaks..."
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"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-17
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Debilitating mosquito-borne diseases pose an increasing threat to migrant workers and refugees just across the border in Thailand, where clinics running on dwindling foreign aid struggle to meet needs.
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"IN 2019, more than 1.3 million people in Southeast Asia were infected with dengue fever. The cyclical epidemic was exacerbated by poor state health infrastructure and constraints on access, as well as climate change and the increased movement of goods and people.
In this context, and despite declining foreign aid, non-government clinics along the Thai-Myanmar border have been at the forefront of regional efforts to contain dengue and chikungunya, another mosquito-borne virus that has spread northwards from Thailand’s deep south.
These diseases impose a particularly heavy burden on poor migrant households.
“This year, me, my children, everyone has had dengue fever or chikungunya, and sometimes both,” said Mr A. Salam, director of MAP Foundation, a grassroots non-government organisation that defends Myanmar workers’ rights and is based in the Thai border city of Mae Sot, opposite Myanmar’s Myawaddy. Support more independent journalism like this. Sign up to be a Frontier member.
Mae Sot is one of the main points of entry for the estimated 3-4 million Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand. In the factories and fields around Mae Sot, about half of the estimated 100,000 Myanmar workers are working illegally and options for affordable health care are sparse, said Salam..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-30
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Public Health, Dengue, Health of migrants from Burma
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"The death toll of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) has surged to 123 across Myanmar in 11 months, said figures released by the Ministry of Health and Sports on Monday.
The Public Health Department under the ministry issued that 23,203 mosquito-borne disease infection cases were recorded in Myanmar's regions and states from Jan. 1 to Nov. 23 this year.
During the period, the DHF infection mostly occurred in Kachin state, Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Mandalay and Sagaing regions.
Of them, Kachin state topped with 4,222 infection cases and 30 deaths, followed by Yangon region with 2,804 cases and 33 deaths.
Children aged between five and nine years old were infected by the DHF the most, registering 9,264 infection cases, according to the ministry's Vector Borne Disease Control Programme..."
Source/publisher:
"Xinhua" (China)
Date of entry/update:
2019-12-03
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"The total death toll of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) has risen to 107 in Myanmar in the first nine months this year, according to the figures released by the Ministry of Health and Sports on Thursday.
From January to Sept. 21 this year, a total of 18,320 people were infected by the mosquito-borne disease across the country, the ministry's Public Health Department said.
Regionally, Kachin state registered the highest infection with 2,904 cases and 29 deaths, followed by Ayeyarwady region with 2,631 cases, 11 deaths and others.
Meanwhile, 24 deaths were registered in Yangon region where 2,464 people were infected.
According to Vector Borne Disease Control Programme under the ministry, the DHF transmission mostly infected children aged between 5 and 9, registered 7,346 infection cases.
Last year, 3,469 DHF infection cases were recorded across Myanmar, claiming 187 lives.
Dengue fever is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes mosquito and mostly occurs in Myanmar in the rainy season of June, July and August..."
Source/publisher:
"Xinhua" (China)
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-04
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"In Myanmar, a family of four has contracted mosquito-borne diseases. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that one member is infected with dengue fever and the other three have contracted...
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A quick test showed that the man in his 50s had been infected with dengue fever, but his wife, who is in her 30s, and their four-year-old and six-year-old daughters showed no signs of infection.
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"In Myanmar, a family of four has contracted mosquito-borne diseases. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that one member is infected with dengue fever and the other three have contracted chikungunya. Both dengue and chikungunya is mosquito-borne and these diseases occur generally in and around the monsoon season. They affect sub-tropical and tropical countries.
Dengue and chikungunya are viral diseases with very similar symptoms. Both have symptoms such as high fever, headache, eye pain, joint pain, rashes and lethargy. Both viral infections are spread by Aedes mosquito. However, identifying the exact disease is critical since dengue is much more dangerous and may need emergency medical intervention. It is also possible for a patient to have dengue and chikungunya at the same time (coinfection). The most distinguishing feature of dengue is bleeding.
The family from northern Taiwan visited their relatives in Mandalay and Yangon from late June to last week, CDC physician Lin Yung-ching told Taipei Times, adding that quarantine officers at the airport detected a fever affecting the father upon their arrival..."
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"News 18"
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-16
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"Dengue fever has killed a total of 68 people across Myanmar in the past eight months, while more than 10,000 others have been infected, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS).
In an announcement released on Wednesday, the Department of Public Health under the MOHS stated that 13,048 people were hospitalized with the disease nationwide between Jan. 1 and Aug. 10, including the 68 fatal cases.
Irrawaddy Region had the highest number of infections with 2,350 cases and 8 deaths, followed by Yangon Region with 2,031 cases and 19 deaths.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that can infect people of all ages but children below the age of 15 are most affected. According to MOHS data, more than 88 percent of dengue cases reported this year were patients under the age of 15.
The peak season for transmission of dengue in Myanmar is from July to August.
According to the MOHS, the first dengue outbreak in Myanmar was in Yangon in 1970, with 1,654 cases and 91 deaths. By 1974, the disease had spread across the country. Dengue fever has become much more common since then; in 2015, all states and regions reported cases of dengue..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-07
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"Every year, the rainy season brings an increase in the number of cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that killed 37 people by this time last year. So far this year, there have been no reported deaths, and the number of cases of infection has dropped to less than quarter of what it was one year ago. To find out more about efforts to keep the disease under control, DVB spoke to Dr. Zaw Lin, the Health Ministry?s dengue programme manager..."
Libby Hogan
Source/publisher:
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)
Date of publication:
2016-06-21
Date of entry/update:
2016-06-25
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Dengue
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GENERAL HEALTH:
Dengue in The South East Asia Region : Focus on Thailand
and Myanmar (With contribution by Elisabeth Emerson, WHO);
Overview of Dengue Fever (Health Messenger);
Aedes: the vector of Dengue (Health Messenger)...PREVENTION:
Prevention of Dengue Fever (Nipaporn Intong, ARC and Christine Harmston, BRC)...FROM THE FIELD:
First International Conference on Dengue and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF),
Chiang Mai, Thailand (With contribution by Elisabeth Emerson, WHO);
DHF Epidemic in Tham Hin Camp (Dr. Danielle Stewart, MSF)...SANITATION:
Anti-Vectorial Response in Case of Dengue Fever Outbreak (Ren? Collard, MSF)... INTERVIEW:
Interviews at Tham Hin Camp (Health Messenger)... CASE STUDY:
The case of Maung Maung Soe (Dr. Danielle Stewart, MSF)...
HEALTH EDUCATION: The Wise Rabbit (Health Messenger).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2001-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2014-07-02
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"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger", Dengue
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English, Burmese
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