Indo: S. Kalimantan: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: 11 Died in 2009; 10 Died in January 2010

Friday, February 5, 2010
The attack of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in South Kalimantan (Kalimantan) has not abated. From January to early February has claimed 10 lives.

Figures presented Chief Public Health South Kalimantan, drg Adhani Rosihan menganggetkan enough. Understandably, from the data in 2009, the year 11 people died, while in 2010, only a month had 10 people died.

The high mortality rate that should really pay attention, because the health office estimates that the peak dengue South Kalimantan is still going on until February. Although impressed seasonal, as always happens every year, especially at the beginning of the rainy season, this month may fall victim remains.

One cause of increased cases of dengue, because of the changing seasons of extreme enough to the summer rainy season. Change the season to make Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to breed rapidly.

Of note during the last three years, DHF patients had not been out of numbers in the hundreds. In 2009 then, there were 113 people who attacked South Kalimantan dengue, 11 of whom died. That figure is far more than in 2008 and with 740 patients, eight people died. During 2007 there were 1321 cases, 16 of whom died.

DHF vulnerability occurs evenly in almost all districts in South Kalimantan. Even from the 13 districts / cities, listed nine areas declared extraordinary events (KLB) DBD.

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