India right now is experiencing an epidemic of the
dengue fever. The dengue fever is a
virus that is spread by mosquito's. The
government is just now more concerned about this because it has an effect on
millions of people around the world. This
type of virus has been reported to have been around since the 1950s. This global virus is not improving but
getting worse. Sick tourists from the
Western side end up traveling back home and transferring the virus there. There was even a case in Miami reported of
the dengue fever. India’s hospitals are
currently overflowing with sick patients throughout the halls. Throughout the month of October it was
reported in India that about thirty thousand people were reported with the
virus. But it also has been stated that each year at least a million become
infected. These reports of the infected
only come from public hospitals. But the
more cases that go unreported are worse because the virus can continue to
spread. It is said in Thailand that
every child becomes affected at least once throughout their lifetime. The dengue fever isn’t always deadly though
some just become infected with a fever that will eventually go away while
others just experience fatigue for a while.
But the rest who are infected experience bad flu-like symptoms. Besides pesticides the best result of getting
rid of this fever is a vaccine but that’s not likely within the next ten years
so in the meantime it’s not looking good for people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/world/asia/alarm-over-indias-dengue-fever-epidemic.html?ref=health
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