"Very Aggressive" Dengue Fever Outbreak in Mexico

El Universal (Mexico) and original reporting ^ | April 27, 2007 | Greg C.

[FreedomFighter1013]

So far this year there have been 200 confirmed cases of an extremely aggressive strain of dengue virus in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Sinaloa. The new strain has prompted that state's Secretary of Health to issue a warning to residents to take precautions to reduce its potential spread, by eliminating standing water where mosquitoes breed. Sinaloa encompasses the resort town of Mazatlan.

Secretary Héctor Ponce Ramos, indicated that this year's strain of dengue fever is more lethal than in previous years and may be based on DENV-3 AND DENV-4 strains of the disease, which in theory would yield very deadly results and has only rarely been seen before.

Mr. Ponce said this new strain is more deadly than dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever which the state had experienced in the past. The virus is so severe, patients... (continued here)

[Southack]

Legalize and use DDT.

Globally.

[FrogMom]

Ping

[444Flyer]

Danmit Janet, close the border.

[pillut48]

Terrorists...er, 'man made disaster advocates' playing around with biohazardous material that got out of their control???

[Bobalu]

WTF is going on in Mexico....

It’s like the phukin Middle Ages down there.

What’s next? the Black Plague and Spanish Inquisition...

[Brad’s Gramma]

While we’re on the subject......

[MarkeyD]

Not like it’s not a 3rd world country.

[Kimberly GG]

Americans must DEMAND that the borders be closed...even then it may never happen. I’ve written all my legislators, but it may be that a VISUAL message is all they ‘hear’.

[mkjessup]

From the article:
"Dengue (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are caused by one of four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4), of the genus Flavivirus.

It's THIS guy! HE's the carrier of (WTF)!!!

[Frantzie]

People need to start calling their congressscum and Senate scum in the morning.

[Larry381]

A large part of the reason that diseases which were all but eliminated in this country have come back is because of illegal Mexicans.
Our government which was supposed to protect American citizens has all but turned a blind eye and is allowing third world peoples, and their native diseases, to sneak into this country in huge numbers.
Eventually one of these bugs is going to kill a whole lot of Americans and then you will see mobs of Americans descend on Congress and the White House and they won’t be carrying pitchforks.
This is a disaster that been waiting to happen for twenty years.

[ChicagahAl]

"It’s like the phukin Middle Ages"

Ummm. The Middle Ages were actually rather civilized.

Perhaps "Dark Ages", or even "Stone Age" might be more appropriate.

[Deo volente]

They wouldn’t be having all these problems down there if we had instituted comprehensive immigration reform when we had the chance.

/sarcasm

[SIDENET]

People need to start calling their congressscum and Senate scum in the morning.

I call them scum all the time.

[SIDENET]

Not like it’s not a 3rd world country.

Not to worry.

We're slowly catching up.

[Bobalu]

Well, I didn’t want to just heap scorn on them...so I will stick with the Middle Ages ;-)

[BBell]

[GOP Poet]

Shite. :(. This is craziness.

[Jeff Chandler]

Just dengue!