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Travel Health News Digest (7 July 2008)
Indonesia: Cholera In Indonesia, an outbreak of Cholera which killed 85 people was reported in West Papua. (Source: ProMED-mail 2 July 2008) Malaysia: Dengue Fever In Malaysia, 3 deaths were reported among 911 Dengue Fever cases diagnosed between 15 and 21 June 2008. (Source: ProMED-mail 1 July 2008) Vietnam: Dengue Fever In Vietnam, a total of 19 859 cases of Dengue Fever , including 20 deaths, were reported so far this year. In the past week, there was a report of over 1 400 Dengue Fever patients in 27 locations, 4 of them died of the disease. (Source: ProMED-mail 1 July 2008) Brazil: Dengue Fever In Brazil, 142 deaths due to Dengue Fever were reported in Rio de Janeiro and more than 30 000 Dengue Fever cases were recorded in Bahia with 6 deaths in 2008. (Source: ProMED-mail 1 July 2008) India: Cholera In India, 374 cases of Cholera were reported in Delhi so far this year. (Source: ProMED-mail 2 July 2008) Pakistan: Cholera In Pakistan, 16 confirmed cases of Cholera were reported in Punjab Province.
(Source: ProMED-mail 2 July 2008) Turkey: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever [update 1]
(Source: ProMED-mail 4 July 2008) Yemen: Dengue Fever [update 2] Yemen reported 1 903 suspected cases of Dengue Fever with 115 being confirmed since the beginning of this year. Recently, 3 people died in the province of Shabwa due to suspected Dengue Fever.
(Source: ProMED-mail 1 July 2008) Africa: Cholera In Kenya, an outbreak of Cholera affecting 219 people including 3 deaths was reported in Nyanza Province. In South Africa, an outbreak of Cholera affecting 27 people including 4 deaths was reported in Mpumalanga Province.
(Source: ProMED-mail 2 July 2008)
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