Report: Mexico Leads Latin America in Dengue Fever
El Jefazo - The Fulano Forum
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April 30, 2014
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Mexico is in first place among Latin American countries in the number of cases of Dengue fever reported in the population, as just in 2012, the last year with comparable figures, there were 28,562 files, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).

"On the American continent, Dengue (transmitted by mosquitoes) is the most significant re-emergent disease and its manifestations and symptoms, such as hemorrhaging, are becoming more severe. In our country, public sector institutions reported 28,562 hospital admission due to the disease, and 58.1 percent are people with no insurance," he warned.

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