The following excerpt is from a May 17, 2010 article published by the Latin American Herald Tribune. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
GUATEMALA CITY – An 11-year-old girl and her 47-year-old aunt died from hemorrhagic dengue in the southern Guatemalan province of Santa Rosa, health officials said Sunday.
The girl died on Friday at Guatemala City’s San Juan de Dios Hospital, where she was taken on an emergency basis, and her aunt died at another hospital, Santa Rosa health department director Erbin Kiesling said.
The victims were apparently bitten by the mosquito that transmits the disease while visiting a tourist attraction last weekend in Santa Rosa, Guatemalan media reported…
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