Mexico: Dengue Fever Cases Up around Country

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | April 4th, 2007 | Trackback

Dengue fever is surging in Mexico and other areas of Latin America. Dengue cases in Mexico have increased more than 600 percent since 2001, with the deadly form of dengue hemorrhagic fever increasing dramatically. It now accounts for one in every four cases compared to one in every fifty cases seven years ago. Officials have sent special mosquito-eradication teams to the resorts of Acapulco, Cancun and Puerto Vallarta to reduce the risks to tourists. Five Canadians were infected in Puerto Vallarta earlier this year, 549 cases were reported in Acapulco in January and February compared to 86 in those months last year, and nationwide Mexico has seen 1,549 cases in that time period. Paraguay declared a state of emergency in March with an estimated 400,000 infections, and the Dominican Republic is seeing 400 new cases a month. Avoiding mosquito bites is the only sure way to prevent the disease.

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