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11/11/12 10:57 PM

#101537 RE: freethemice #101536

Follow up. Here is a map showing the distribution of Dengue Fever. From Wikipedia.

Map showing the distribution of dengue fever in the world, as of 2006. Map produced by the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture.
Source: Slide #8 of a presentation by Gary G. Clark, PhD, entitled "Dengue: An emerging arboviral disease".
Cyan: Areas infested with Aedes aegypti. Red: Areas with Aedes aegypti and recent epidemic dengue fever.
It infects 50 to 100 million people worldwide a year, leading to half a million hospitalizations, and approximately 12,500–25,000 deaths.