Dengue is at risk of outbreaks

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At the conference on reviewing the prevention and control activities in the southern region in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute said that dengue fever (dengue fever) is in danger of erupting in many provinces and cities in the South immediately. in the first months of 2006 , namely An Giang, Dong Thap, Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong.

These are the localities where the number of cases of dengue is high at the end of 2005, the rate of virus isolation is high.

Especially in Ho Chi Minh City, in addition to the type of dengue 2 virus that is circulating and causing dengue disease like many other provinces, there is a common occurrence of dengue virus 1.

In 2005, the total number of cases of SXH in the South was over 44,000 cases and 47 deaths. The highest number of cases of dengue is Dong Thap (6,658 cases), Ho Chi Minh City (6,254 cases) and An Giang (2,854 cases).