9 JULY 1998. MALAYSIA
(SARAWAK): DISEASE (DENGUE) Sarawak Tribune Online: "For the first 25 weeks
of this year, 665 cases [of dengue] were reported while 668 were received
for the whole of last year. The disease had killed two persons and caused
brain damage to another, Assistant Environment and Public Health Minister
Dr Soon Choon Teck disclosed here yesterday. The high number of cases were
attributed to an outbreak of the disease especially in the Sibu region
during the beginning of this year."-- Clyde Markon docmarkon@worldnet.att.net
VIA ProMED http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed.html.
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