Source: CNN Interactive News - SINGAPORE, May 10 (Edited): "Dengue cases have risen sharply in Singapore and if not checked would reach a record this year, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. It quoted the environment ministry as saying there were 1786 cases in the first four months of the year, almost double that in the same period last year. The number of dengue cases has been rising steadily over the past six years to hit a high of 4300 in 1997, the ministry said.
Local newspapers have reported that dengue fever killed three people in 1996 and one last year. Last year, 1172 construction sites were found breeding the _Aedes_ mosquito, the paper said."--Clyde Markon <docmarkon@worldnet.att.net> ON ProMED-mail <promed@usa.healthnet.org>.