Dengue Affects 50,000+ In Brazil
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-- More than 55,000 people have been hit by dengue -- a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus -- around Rio de Janeiro in the last four months, Brazilian authorities said Thursday.
During the last four months, more than 55,000 cases of dengue have been reported in Brazil.
The disease killed 67 people so far this year in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, the state's Ministry of Health reported.
Nearly half of the deaths were children under the age of 13, the ministry said.
There are four types of the dengue virus, and all are carried by infected mosquitoes -- mainly the Aedes Aegypti mosquito -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
YIKES!!! So sad.
During the last four months, more than 55,000 cases of dengue have been reported in Brazil.
The disease killed 67 people so far this year in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, the state's Ministry of Health reported.
Nearly half of the deaths were children under the age of 13, the ministry said.
There are four types of the dengue virus, and all are carried by infected mosquitoes -- mainly the Aedes Aegypti mosquito -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
YIKES!!! So sad.
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