Dengue cases up 300%

[geovalin]

Mom Kunthear

The number of dengue fever cases in Cambodia has skyrocketed, with children hit hardest by the killer disease, according to new government figures.

Incidences of dengue leapt by more than 300 per cent to 11,828 cases between January and September this year, compared to just 2,853 cases in the same period in 2014, according to a report published on Monday by the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control.

Over 70 per cent of those who fell sick were children aged 5 to 14, of whom 34 died.

Dr Leang Rithea, the national dengue control program manager at the Ministry of Health, said yesterday that the apparent spike in cases was largely due to the impact of the rainy season, which has increased the prevalence of mosquitoes carrying the disease.

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[Cats4ever]

Anyone know what the areas heavily affected were?

[Sheryl]

It is nationwide.

[oncearugge]

Simple measures can reduce risk.

http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/resources/factSheets/mosquito-control.pdf