Source: ABS Digital [edited]
<http://www.abc.com.py/especiales/dengue/articulos.php?pid=383697>
At least 50 confirmed cases of dengue fever and about 500 suspects
were detected in central Bolivia after recent rains, flooding and
river flooding occurred in the area.
The person responsible for monitoring diseases at the Bolivian
Ministry of Health, Juan Carlos Arraya, told EFE that almost all the
patients are in the tropical region of Chapare, in the central
department of
Arraya explained that for the moment, there is no person suffering
from dengue hemorrhagic fever, the most serious type of the disease.
Of the 9 departments of Bolivia [equivalent to states or provinces],
6 (Cochabamba, Beni, Santa Cruz, Potosi, Chuquisaca and La Paz) have
been affected by floods, rains and flooding in recent weeks -- in
many cases caused by the climatic phenomenon "La Nina" -- which
caused at least 8 deaths and 2 missing persons.
In 2007, there was one fatality from dengue hemorrhagic fever and
1930 affected by the classical variant of the disease.
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