Source: CNN International (Edited) "HANOI, May 11 -- A total of 50 Vietnamese died from dengue fever during the first quarter of this year, the Vietnam News reported Monday. During the period, dengue-infected people numbered 13,528, or 238.8 percent higher than in the same period last year. In 1997, dengue fever was the fourth major disease and the largest killer in the country, with a total of 77,370 people infected and 222 [dead]. The disease is most rampant in the south, and most patients are children."--Clyde Markon <docmarkon@worldnet.att.net> VIA ProMED-mail <promed@usa.healthnet.org>.