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DENGUE FEVER

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 20, 2014
Tabloids voice alarm over dengue surge
The first case of dengue fever was reported on Aug. 27. As of Friday, the number had increased to 141 people in 17 prefectures — not one of whom had traveled abroad. If the asymptotic or unreported cases are included, it's quite possible that figure may be two or threefold.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2014
Defeating dengue fever
We should probably expect infections of the mosquito-borne virus that causes dengue fever somewhere in Japan every summer because of the effects of global warming and the rise in overseas travel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2014
Anti-mosquito products flying off shelves amid dengue outbreak
The ongoing outbreak of dengue fever traced to Tokyo's Yoyogi Park is prompting consumers to snap up anti-mosquito skin sprays in a season when sales of the item usually decline, while a novel type of mosquito guard is also seeing a sudden surge in demand, industry sources say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2014
Amid dengue outbreak, eviction also a threat to Yoyogi Park's homeless
The greatest danger the outbreak of dengue fever traced to Tokyo's Yoyogi Park poses to the homeless there may be the threat of eviction, not infection, advocates said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2014
Dengue fever probe points to Yoyogi Park mosquitoes; 22 people affected so far
The government suspects mosquitoes living in a few separate locations in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park may have been responsible for the recent mysterious dengue fever outbreak, NHK reported Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2014
More than 10 people may have contracted dengue fever around Yoyogi Park: Fuji TV
More than 10 people who visited Tokyo's Yoyogi Park or its vicinity might have contracted dengue fever, Fuji TV reported Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Q&A
Aug 29, 2014
How much do you know about dengue fever?
The health ministry has confirmed the first domestic dengue fever case in Japan in nearly 70 years. A Saitama Prefecture teen girl was found Wednesday to have contracted the virus through a mosquito in Japan, followed by news that two more people — a man and a woman in Tokyo — have also been infected....
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