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Thousands hit by Brazil outbreak of dengue
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by agdobson | April 3, 2008 at 05:28 pm
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Having travelled here recently I felt this was of interest
Thousands hit by Brazil outbreak of dengue
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- Authorities: More than 55,000 cases of dengue reported this year in Brazil
- The disease has killed 67 people this year in Rio de Janeiro state
- Dengue hemorrhagic fever "can be fatal" if unrecognized and not properly treated
- CDC says there is no vaccine to prevent dengue or dengue hemorrhagic fever
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at 21:05 on April 12th, 2008
Hi there
I'm from Brazil and just to complement: dengue has now rated the number 80 people killed just in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
But the real problem about dengue is that the Goverment doesn't give suport to the population. If not by avoiding people to get in contact with the disease, but at least giving them a good health support, because dengue can be treated in an 'easely' way according to the treatments avaiable now a days.