Dengue fever in Hua Hin?

[usual suspect]

Well I look a bit of a geek 'cos I wear socks with my scandals..(because of an allergy)..BUT lets put that
stigma aside & by doing so may just keep them damn ankle-biters at bay somewhat.
I do believe it is only the 'daytime' mozzy that carries Dengue...??

[Bristolian]

I do believe it is only the 'daytime' mozzy that carries Dengue...??

Correct, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes feed predominantly during daylight hours.

I must also be a geek as I have recently taken to wearing socks, if I am sitting outdoors, at home, during the late afternoon.

[PeteC]

I do believe it is only the 'daytime' mozzy that carries Dengue...??

Correct, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes feed predominantly during daylight hours......

That's one of the great dangers for kids. Many schools here have center hallways open to the outside at both ends, with classrooms along the sides. The mosquitoes get into those cool, dark places, especially restrooms and cool air conditioned classrooms, and lurk. Pete

[hhfarang]

13,200 dengue fever cases reported
The Nation March 17, 2013 3:41 pm

As of March 11, 13,200 Thais have fallen victims of dengue fever so far this year, with 16 fatalities, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Officials said that the number of cases and the number of fatalities are both 4 times higher than the same period last year.

The ministry’s data shows that cases were reported in all provinces of Thailand.

A war room is now in place to monitor the situation and devise measures to contain the disease. The ministry fears the situation would worsen during the rainy season.

In its 2-mth lifecycle, a female yellow fever mosquito, which is the cause of dengue fever, can lay 500 eggs.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakin ... 02121.html

[Bristolian]

I do believe it is only the 'daytime' mozzy that carries Dengue...??

Correct, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes feed predominantly during daylight hours......

That's one of the great dangers for kids. Many schools here have center hallways open to the outside at both ends, with classrooms along the sides. The mosquitoes get into those cool, dark places, especially restrooms and cool air conditioned classrooms, and lurk. Pete

http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/new ... 3220010001

Public Health Ministry warns nationwide schools to be vigilant about possible dengue attack
BANGKOK, 22 March 2013 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry is warning nationwide schools to watch out for and do more against possible dengue fever spread after the new school year opens in a few months.

Advisor to the Minister of Public Health Pasit Sakdanarong said on Thursday it is forecast that between 120,000 and 150,000 people will fall prey to dengue fever, with more than 100 lives likely to succumb to the virus, this year.

The Public Health Ministry also estimated that medical expenses related to dengue treatment will amount to as much as 2 billion baht.

Mr. Pasit said the ministry has already brought the issue to the attention of the Cabinet since March 12, in order to call on all state agencies to help get rid of mosquito-breeding grounds throughout the summer time, when the extermination of the larvae is easy and efficient.

He pointed out that schools across the country may be the most-worrying place as they tend to miss out on attention and action during the summer break, and eventually there may be more mosquitos around when the new school year begins in May.

Therefore, the Advisor to the Health Minister has been calling for cooperation from the Education Ministry to inform all schools to rid themselves of larvae during the months of March and May.

He also asked the Education Ministry to consider adding more lessons on dengue and how to prevent it in order to help students protect them from the deadly virus.

[wpcoe]

The last couple weeks I've noticed a couple daytime-active mosquitoes in my house. Not sure how they get in. They are very dark colored, but aren't the dengue ones supposed to be striped or spotted?

Also, to my dismay, even when hit with a direct blast of Tesco's Baygon-clone spray, they keep flying as normal. I bought the Tesco brand by mistake -- it's intentionally almost identical in appearance to the real Baygon brand -- but I would expect it to take down a mosquito, no?

The ones I've managed to swat and kill haven't exploded with blood spatter, so I guess that they're males or females that hadn't yet feasted.

[caller]

Interesting article from today's Guardian about Dengue fever, and how there is an increase in folk returning from their holidays being diagnosed with the condition, with Thailand producing the highest numbers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2013/m ... ers-warned

[hhfarang]

They come up through the drains in the bathrooms.

[Lung Per]

They come up through the drains in the bathrooms.

Really?? Only the dengue ones or all mosquitos?

[Bristolian]

http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/new ... 6030010001
Public Health Min: Dengue fever situation worrisome

BANGKOK, 2 June 2013 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry has expressed its concerns over the dengue fever situation in Thailand as 40 patients have died of the disease this year.

Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Narong Sahametapat said the ministry would keep a close eye on dengue cases, given over 35, 000 people came down with the disease during January 1st to May 29th, 40 of whom died. On an average 2,000 people contact the deadly disease a week, which is very high. He has, therefore, urged all related agencies to step up prevention measures and monitor the situation especially in factory and school areas during the next 90 days, the peak period for dengue fever.

The permanent secretary further revealed that experts had predicted that Thailand would this year see over 100,000 dengue cases, with more than 100 deaths; a 3-fold increase from last year and the highest record of all time.

He has, therefore, urged those who catch the fever to see a doctor immediately as most of those who died did not see a doctor in time.

[Dannie Boy]

Not sure if this applies in HH but here in Cha Am we had somebody from the municipality come to our house asking if we had a lot of Mosquitos and if we did, they would send somebody to spray free of charge. I don't think she said it was specifically related to Dengue, but assume that's the link.

[PeteC]

Dengue fever surge points to bad year Published: 9 Jun 2013 at 00.00 Newspaper section: News More than 4,000 people contracted dengue fever last week, the first seven days of the rainy season,...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... o-bad-year

[midlandmike]

They have an interesting way of killing mosies in the Caribbean. When they are in water they have a small spike out of the water like a scuba tube. So you pour gasoline gently into the water and throw in a match.

[PeteC]

Bumping this again as getting very serious. Epidemic stage in Thailand may not be far fetched. Use your eradication and prevention methods folks....especially if you have little ones. Pete



ASIA NEWS NETWORK


'War' on dengue fever in Thailand

News Desk

Publication Date : 15-06-2013

The Public Health Ministry of Thailand has announced it will push for the establishment of a dengue fever "war room" in all provinces.

The move follows a dengue fever pandemic that has claimed over 50 lives this year alone. As of June 11, 43,609 Thais have contracted dengue fever. So far, war rooms have been set up in only 26 of Thailand's 77 provinces.

"The number of dengue-fever patients has jumped nearly 3.1 times compared with the same period last year," the Public Health Minis-try's permanent secretary Narong Sahametapat said yesterday.

He added that the number of deaths also soared dramatically, from five in 2012 to 50 in the first half of this year.

Narong said he was concerned the number of dengue-fever patients could jump two-fold over the next three months.

He said the Public Health Ministry had requested that the Interior Ministry implement the plan to set up dengue fever war rooms in all 77 provinces. The war rooms would fall under the control of provincial governors - freeing the ministry from having to oversee them directly.

Disease Control Department's director-general Porntep Siriwanarangsun said he was very concerned about the spread of dengue fever to new provinces - especially Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Phayao, Lampang and Tak.

He said the ministry would now focus on minimising the mortality rate. "If any patient comes down with a high fever that does not dissipate within three days, that person should immediately see a doctor for a proper diagnosis," Pornthep said.

[Bristolian]

http://www.trust.org/item/20130625114148-6jwhn/

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Several Southeast Asian countries are seeing record numbers of people infected with dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus for which there is currently no approved vaccine or specific drug treatment, local media said.

More than 40,000 people in Thailand's capital Bangkok are suffering from the world's fastest spreading tropical disease while up to 150,000 people nationwide may have come down with the virus since the beginning of the year, the National News Bureau in Thailand (NNT) said on Tuesday.

According to officials, 50 people have died in Thailand from the fever.

In Laos, 44 people have died and more than 11,000 people have come down with the virus since the start of 2013, raising concerns the number of infections could exceed the 2010 record of 23,000 infections and 46 deaths, according to the Thai daily newspaper, The Nation.

Channel News Asia said the city-state of Singapore had also recorded more than 11,000 cases so far this year, including 853 cases in the past week alone, an all-time high. So far, two people have died.

In Myanmar, the health authorities warned last week that the country could be in the grip of a dengue fever epidemic with the number of reported cases this year already surpassing that of the whole of 2012, the Burmese Irrawaddy website said.

It quoted Myanmar's ministry of health as saying 6,448 people have been infected so far and 13 patients have died. In 2012, the ministry recorded 6,033 dengue fever cases and 27 deaths.

Malaysia is also seeing an increase in cases. The World Health Organisation's (WHO) update on June 13 showing a caseload of 10,401 cases, compared to 10,352 for the same period last year.

Twenty-two people, including two toddlers, have so far died of the virus, Malaysian news outlet, The Star, said.

In April, experts said around 390 million people are infected with dengue fever each year, more than triple WHO's current estimate of 50-100 million a year.

The researchers from the University of Oxford and the Wellcome Trust estimated that 70 percent of the world's serious dengue cases were in Asia, with India alone accounting for 34 percent of the total.

The dengue virus is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which has grown rapidly along with urbanisation and globalisation because it thrives in tropical mega-cities and is easily spread in goods containing small puddles of water.

Climate change is also making more parts of the planet habitable for the dengue-spreading mosquito, experts say.

As a result, half the world's population is now exposed to the disease, mostly in the developing world - but also in parts of southern Europe and the southern United States.