Dengue fever claims 11 lives

Dengue fever claims 11 lives

JAMBI, Jambi: The Jambi Health Office head, Hamid Syam,
cautioned the public on Wednesday over the outbreak of dengue
fever in the province, which has now claimed 11 lives.

Hamid predicted that the five-year cycle of dengue fever
epidemics would occur this year, after 170 cases were detected in
the province since January of this year, higher than the figure
for the same period last year.

No one died from dengue fever last year.

The disease appears during the rainy season and is caused by
dengue hemorrhagic fever virus transmitted by the Aedes Aegepty
mosquito. --Antara