Dengue kills 1,500 in Thailand

** NOTE: SOURCE NOT CONFIRMED ***

Dreaded Dengue has reportedly killed 1500 in Thailand. The symptoms of the disease are high fever, vomiting, headaches and blood spots. It has no firm cure and the only way to fight is to kill its carrier mosquitos.

Thai government has taken steps to eliminate all mosquito breeding grounds and has also started a campaign to educate public about the disease.

--Source: http://www.presstrust.com/article434509.html

** NOTE: SOURCE NOT CONFIRMED ***

It might not be confirmed George and you can bet your last dollar that Thaksin will make sure it stays that way.

Gotta think about tourism eh but!

Hmmm. What an amazing story coming on the news feed tonight....

Google News:

http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&...iland&scoring=d

Not sure this India story is true though. No other news agency have it, so we have to wait and see.

So, again, this is not confirmed news!

Could someone post the Thai name for this fever if there is one. My wife hasn't heard of it before and we think her mum might be showing symptoms of Dengue fever (although I don't profess to be a doctor).

The Mum in law has been sick for a while and the doctor she has seen can't get her right.

If you have a Thai keyboard then could you type it it Thai script as well.

Thanks in advance

I have asked a friend in the Thai health dept and they confirm that number is correct. It is not from this year alone, it’s an accumulation over a number of years. They weren’t sure of the figures from this year.

Dengue is called ไข้เลือดออก “kai lead ork” The name has something to do with blood spots caused by bleeding.

NL

Google News: 

http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&...iland&scoring=d

the stories on this page seem to be indicating that maybe cases of bird flu have been recorded as dengue.

in north queensland we have dengue and ross river fever passed on by mosquitos.

regular television campaigns encourage everyone to empty /turnover/make drain holes in anything outside that could catch water and create breeding grounds for mosquito larve.

There are four distinct types of Dengue Fever, the most dangerous kind being Hemorraghic dengue fever (the kind that makes you bleed). The CDC has a very good article about it

Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are caused by one of four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4), of the genus Flavivirus. Infection with one of these serotypes does not provide cross-protective immunity, so persons living in a dengue-endemic area can have four dengue infections during their lifetimes. Dengue is primarily a disease of the tropics, and the viruses that cause it are maintained in a cycle that involves humans and Aedes aegypti, a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans. Infection with dengue viruses produces a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from a nonspecific viral syndrome to severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease. Important risk factors for DHF include the strain and serotype of the infecting virus, as well as the age, immune status, and genetic predisposition of the patient.

CDC FAct Sheet

CLINICAL FEATURES

    * Sudden onset of fever, severe headache, myalgias and arthralgias, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic manifestations

    * Occasionally produces shock and hemorrhage, leading to death

ETIOLOGIC AGENT

    * Dengue viruses (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4) - flaviviruses

INCIDENCE

    * Variable, depending on epidemic activity.

    * Globally, there are an estimated 50 to 100 million cases of dengue fever (DF) and several hundred thousand cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) per year

    * Average case fatality rate of DHF is about 5%

    * In 1995, 250,000 cases of DF and 7,000 cases of DHF reported in Americas

    * Between 100 to 200 suspected cases introduced into U.S. each year by travelers

You should note the average fatality rate of hemoraghic dengue fever (DHF) is 5%.

You should note the average fatality rate of hemoraghic dengue fever (DHF) is 5%.

I would hate to see what the death rate is for DHF without treatment.You would bleed to death?

The confirmed body count is moot: we all know the disease is present and thriving. Khun Toxin would sooner drink his own urine than admit to anything that would hamper the inflow of tourist money.

Money is the priority. Deaths, well, everybody dies.

The confirmed body count is moot: we all know the disease is present and thriving. Khun Toxin would sooner drink his own urine than admit to anything that would hamper the inflow of tourist money.

Money is the priority. Deaths, well, everybody dies.

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Don`t panic guys Dengue fever has been around in various forms in Asia since 1780. There are millions of cases a year made up from differing strains of the disease.

The headline news I am sure is `Sensational` and is based on known cases over a period of time.

When you consider that an estimated 10,000 people die of flu related illnesses in the UK alone every year then these figures don`t look so huge.

Thailand has been working on a vaccine for Dengue fever for some time although human testing has yet to be started it is estimated that a vaccine will be available in 5 to 10 years time.

We should I think be more concerned over the mutation of the Avian flu virus which will be a major problem if it mutates within humans.

The confirmed body count is moot: we all know the disease is present and thriving. Khun Toxin would sooner drink his own urine than admit to anything that would hamper the inflow of tourist money.

Money is the priority. Deaths, well, everybody dies.

Don`t panic guys Dengue fever has been around in various forms in Asia since 1780. There are millions of cases a year made up from differing strains of the disease.

The headline news I am sure is `Sensational` and is based on known cases over a period of time.

When you consider that an estimated 10,000 people die of flu related illnesses in the UK alone every year then these figures don`t look so huge.

Thailand has been working on a vaccine for Dengue fever for some time although human testing has yet to be started it is estimated that a vaccine will be available in 5 to 10 years time.

We should I think be more concerned over the mutation of the Avian flu virus which will be a major problem if it mutates within humans.

Or when you count how many traffic fatalities there are every year in Thailand compared to Dengue Fever deaths. Dengue fever, if anyone had checked out the entire CDC page, usually kills the weakest; the old, the very young. Just like influenza. Just like many other diseases. Dengue fever is present in the US. It is present in many many countries but I don't hear anyone yelling 'conspiracy theory' because they aren't talking about it either.