>>The New York Times takes notice: Outbreak of Dengue Fever Is Reported in Florida, Health Officials Say. Excerpt: Dengue fever, a growing scourge in the tropics, has established itself in a popular American tourist destination, federal health officials reported last week. Last August, an alert doctor in upstate New York realized that one of his patients, whose only recent travel had been to Key West, Fla., had dengue — a mosquito-borne virus that causes joint pain so severe it is nicknamed “break-bone fever” in Latin America and Asia.
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>>The rest of the story is here:
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/>
>Plague Man,
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>This reminds me that we haven't heard much about swine flu lately ;-)
That term was retired for describing H1N1... but it would be quite apt to describe the contagion the PIIGS are giving the rest of the world.
Regards. Al
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