Since 2005, the Rotary Club of Ft Collins, CO has been working with Rotary clubs in Guatemala on Dengue education and prevention programs. Dengue disease is caused by a virus that is transmitted by mosquitoes resulting in thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths each year in Guatemala. Unfortunately, there is no treatment or vaccine [...]
Category Archives: Dengue Fever
Article: Alarming Spread of Dengue in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on July 2, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a July 1, 2010 article published by InsideCostaRica.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA – Guatemalan health authorities issued a red alert and began a drive to reduce the rising number of dengue cases and growing Aedes Aegipty mosquito population reported in the first six [...]
Article: Two Die from Hemorrhagic Dengue in Southern Guatemala
Posted by Laura on May 17, 2010
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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 [...]