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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