Tainan City Dengue Cases Top 20,000
With an additional 183 dengue(登革熱) fever cases report Friday in Taiwan’s southern city of Tainan, the dengue tally has topped the 20,000 mark putting the total at 20,172 as of Oct. 16.
Although Tainan City hit this unfortunate landmark, the good news is the cases appear to be tapering off(逐漸停止) somewhat. The 183 cases reported yesterday was 16 less than the previous Friday, health officials note.
A total of 367 new cases were reported countrywide(全國的) yesterday, bringing the total to 24,874.
While things appear a little better in Tainan, neighboring Kaohsiung City is seeing a small increase in cases compared to last week. The total in Kaohsiung now stands at 4,274.
According to the Taiwan CDC, 106 dengue-related fatalities(災禍) have been reported since the beginning of the outbreak in May.
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease was once called called “break-bone fever” because it sometimes causes severe(嚴重的) joint(關節) and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking.
Dengue fever of multiple types is found in most countries of the tropics and subtropics particularly during and after rainy season.
There are four types of dengue virus: DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4.
People get the dengue virus from the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. It is not contagious(傳染性的) from person to person.
There are three types of dengue fever in order of less severe to most: the typical uncomplicated(不複雜的) dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic(出血性的) fever (DHS) and dengue shock syndrome(併發症) (DSS).
Structure of the lead:
WHO- Tainan residenter
WHAT- Mosquitos
WHEN- October,2015
WHERE-Tainan,Kaohsiung
WHY-not given
HOW-Dengue broke out and lots of people suffered
Keywords:
1. Dengue 登革熱
2. Tapering off 逐漸停止
3. Countrywide 全國的
4. Fatalities 災禍
5. Severe 嚴重的
6. Joint 關節
7. Contagious 傳染性的
8. Uncomplicated 不複雜的
9. Hemorrhagic 出血性的
10. Syndrome 併發症
Dengue is really contagious. Some of my friends and their families infected. The tourism in Tainan has declined for months. It really caused a serious problem to the whole Taiwan.
回覆刪除Well,I just want to say that I hate mosquitoes.One of my mother's collegians' mother was died in the dengue what made me felt very say.Hope the mosquitoes will become extinct soon.
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