Study: 200 deaths of dengue fever in Taiz, Aden and over 100,000 infected
The Source: SANA'A/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 06/08/2010
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A recent study has revealed spread of the dengue fever epidemic and increasing in the number of patients with the fever of malaria in a number of provinces in Yemen, the almotamar.net reported on Friday.
The study, prepared by Dr. Naji al-Hajj of the University of Sana'a, a researcher at the biotechnology and the nanotechnology, indicated that many public and private hospitals have recorded a noticeable increase in the number of the infected cases, with the lack of accurate diagnosis in many cases.The study , got by the almotamar.net, revealed that there are 1000 cases infected with the disease, 600 cases of them are lying in public and private hospitals in Aden province, and the cases that are received by public hospitals in Aden reach to 30 cases per day.The study pointed out that 400 cases are in the Public Hospital of Ibn Khaldon in the southern city of Lahj, while statistics issued by medical sources says that 233 cases have been discovered in Shabwa province, among them 40 infected cases and 193 suspected cases in the nine districts of the province.According to the study, the number of deaths that have been recorded so far in Aden reached 150 cases of various ages, including two female dentists, who died in a private hospital after they infected by the virus that causes the disease.The official declarations, announced in Taiz province, indicated that the infected cases do not exceed 950 cases and there is only one case of death, the study pointed out.The study confirmed the number of cases exceeded 100 thousand cases, nearly 50 cases of them have died, in addition to seven physicians have been infected by the disease, one of them died.Moreover, the study pointed out that Hodeidah province and adjacent areas geographically, many reports showed that the disease is now prevalent frighteningly therein with shortage of control efforts and this epidemic may have become out of control.
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