| Subject: | CDC Issues Health Advisory About the Potential for Dengue Infection Among Relief Workers Returning from Haiti |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Tue, 27 Apr 2010 - 01:00 pm |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of dengue fever among relief workers returning from Haiti, where the disease is endemic. The CDC is advising health-care providers in the United States to consider dengue in the differential diagnosis of febrile illness in any person who has recently been in Haiti or other countries where dengue is being transmitted, and are encouraged to submit samples to state health departments (available from AZ, CA, CT, FL, NY, PR,... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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