作者: S. P. Sharma
DOI: 10.1136/BMJ.C5496
关键词: 2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic 、 Geography 、 Dengue fever 、 Optometry 、 Dengue outbreak 、 Public health 、 Central region 、 Outbreak 、 Socioeconomics
摘要: An outbreak of dengue fever in Nepal, which started at the end August, is spreading rapidly country’s central region. Public health officials say that it runs risk turning into a major epidemic if prompt action not taken. The hardest hit district has been Chitwan, Nepal. According to latest report, Chitwan alone around 24 people have died and more than 7000 are thought contracted it. In past two months …