There was an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever and nobody told me about it???

[Cannikin]

I was fascinated by this article. I had heard nothing about it. Then I noticed the dateline was March 2nd! I cant believe this is the first I've seen it on MSNBC.

Dengue fever kills Paraguay's top health official
Outbreak of mosquito-borne disease kills 10, infects at least 15,000

ASUNCION, Paraguay - One of Paraguay’s top health officials died Friday of dengue fever, the latest casualty in an epidemic that has infected thousands of people.

In January and February alone, 15,000 people have been infected, compared to just 1,600 all last year, according to official figures. Some doctors say the actual toll is much higher, since many infected Paraguayans do not seek professional treatment. Opposition legislators say the actual number may be as high as 130,000. Ten people have died.

President Nicanor Duarte declared a two-month national state of emergency and allocated funds to fumigate breeding areas for disease-spreading aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which have flourished in unusually wet weather in central South America.The government has asked for help from the United States and Argentina to determine what types of dengue are present in the current epidemic.

Four of those to die were among 40 cases of the more severe hemorrhagic form of dengue, which causes a sudden high fever, rash, aches, weakness, restlessness and even internal bleeding.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17423210/

[SPKrazy]

1. Ahhh, Jest A Little Dengue

nothing that doesn't happen quite a bit in South America.

:shrug: