2018: Dengue fever figures on the increase
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 8:51 am
Dengue fever infection high but ‘controllable’, with peak season still to come
23 march 2018
The number of dengue fever cases recorded so far this year in Cambodia continues to outpace the number of infections seen in the same period last year, with the peak season for the mosquito-borne virus still to come.
In the first nine weeks of 2018, the Kingdom already had tallied more than 800 cases of the disease, more than double the nearly 350 cases that were counted in the same period last year, said Dr Leang Rithea, director of the National Dengue Control Program.
Officials are heartened, however, to see the infection rate is starting to turn a corner.
The initial six weeks of the year saw roughly 100 new infections per week, while the rate over the past three weeks slowed to 80 to 90 – a significant enough drop for Rithea to deem the dengue situation “controllable”.
Government data models indicate Cambodia could see anywhere from 10,000 to 17,000 cases in 2018 – officials say 14,500 cases is the average number of dengue fever cases expected in a given year.
Dengue fever cases typically spike on a 5-6 year seasonal cycle and the last time the country experienced a severe year was in 2012, when nearly 40,000 people were infected with the disease and as many as 160 people died. Given the timing, officials expected Cambodia to have another high caseload either in 2017 or 2018.
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23 march 2018
The number of dengue fever cases recorded so far this year in Cambodia continues to outpace the number of infections seen in the same period last year, with the peak season for the mosquito-borne virus still to come.
In the first nine weeks of 2018, the Kingdom already had tallied more than 800 cases of the disease, more than double the nearly 350 cases that were counted in the same period last year, said Dr Leang Rithea, director of the National Dengue Control Program.
Officials are heartened, however, to see the infection rate is starting to turn a corner.
The initial six weeks of the year saw roughly 100 new infections per week, while the rate over the past three weeks slowed to 80 to 90 – a significant enough drop for Rithea to deem the dengue situation “controllable”.
Government data models indicate Cambodia could see anywhere from 10,000 to 17,000 cases in 2018 – officials say 14,500 cases is the average number of dengue fever cases expected in a given year.
Dengue fever cases typically spike on a 5-6 year seasonal cycle and the last time the country experienced a severe year was in 2012, when nearly 40,000 people were infected with the disease and as many as 160 people died. Given the timing, officials expected Cambodia to have another high caseload either in 2017 or 2018.
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