Dengue Fever Expands in
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo - The magnitude of
the dengue fever
expansion in the
Dominican Republic is
bigger than that
admitted by authorities,
and the number of
infected has increased
to nearly 5,000 Sunday.
In the course of this
year, nearly 100 people
have died, while other
illnesses just like
leptospirosis, tetanus
and viral meningitis,
are in increase.
It is an epidemics more
than a sprout, sanitary
authorities said here.
Digital publication
Nacion Dominicana
mentioned
epidemiological sources,
and said that fumigation
in Bonao, San Francisco
de Macoris, National
District, Salcedo, Moca
and Ocoa have not been
enough to stop the
expansion of the
illness.
The authorities exhorted
the population to adopt
measures to avoid
proliferation of the
Aedes Aegypti mosquito,
transmitter of the
illness, which
hemorragic variant may
be quite deadly.
Dengue fever is an
endemic illness from
Centro American and
Caribbean countries,
with a peak in summer
months.
It is significant in the
case of the Dominican
Republic that the
situation is occurring
in the middle of unusual
cool temperature,
especially at night.
Constant rains reported
in the Dominican
Republic during this
season have contributed
to the proliferation of
the Aedes Aegypti.
The situation gets more
complicated because of
the lack of adequate
means in hospitals, and
the increase of
leptospirosis cases is
due to the rise of
rodent popùlations,
which urination infects
foods, just the same as
the one by domestic
animals. |
