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Dengue

According to the World Health Organization, half the world's population is at risk of dengue fever — a viral infection transmitted to humans via infected mosquitoes.

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Hospitals in Bangladesh have reported nearly 3000 new cases of dengue fever. Now the overall tally of infections this year reaches 57,127 and the death toll rises to 273. A Dengue patient and his mother in a hospital at Dhaka Bangladesh.

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