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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Honduras : Death Toll from Hemorrhagic Dengue Rises to 74

An article from Latin American Herald Tribune :

" TEGUCIGALPA : Two children have died from hemorrhagic dengue in Honduras, raising the death toll from the disease to 74, a health official said.

The latest victims are a 5-month-old boy who died in Tocoa, a city in northeastern Honduras, and a 12-year-old girl who died in Tegucigalpa, Health Ministry National Dengue Program chief Roxana Araujo said over the weekend.

The two children died from the disease last week, Araujo said.

At least 62,576 cases of classic dengue and 2,555 of hemorrhagic dengue have been confirmed in the Central American country this year."

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