Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Dengue reappears in the USA


As per report from the Centers for Disease Control and Florida Department of Health that the dengue virus shows up in the Florida Keys. In 2009, about 5 percent of Key West residents, or about one thousand people were exposed to it. Now this year there have been 12 confirmed cases of dengue fever in the Key West area.

Dengue is the most common virus transmitted by mosquitoes in the world. It leads up to 100 million infections and kills 25,000 people every year.For more information Read

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