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BY IME SORNITO
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
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ILOILO – The component city of Passi and the municipality of Calinog have the most number of dengue cases in this province, data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed.
From Jan. 1, 2018 to March 3, PHO recorded 104 cases and of these, Passi City and Calinog have 17 each.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute mosquito-borne viral infection that affects infants, young children and adults.
Pototan town ranked third with nine dengue cases and Leon was fourth with seven cases.
The municipalities of Cabatuan and Oton each had five dengue cases.
PHO so far recorded one death due to dengue this year – in the municipality of Barotac Viejo, said Dr. Patricia Grace Trabado, provincial health officer.
Dengue symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
The 104 cases in the first quarter of 2018 were lower than the 115 cases (with two deaths) recorded between January and March 2017, said Trabado.
For the whole 2017, PHO monitored a total of 1,222 dengue cases, with Passi City and Calinog having the most number. Passi had 96 cases with one death while Calinog had 95 cases and also with one death.
PHO urged Ilonggos to practice the 4S strategy to combat dengue:
* search and destroy mosquito breeding places
* use self-protection measures
* seek early consultation for fever lasting more than two days
* say “no” to indiscriminate fogging.
“Let us help one another search and destroy the breeding places of dengue mosquitoes,” said Trabado.
Aedes egypti and aedes albopictus are day-biting mosquitoes that breed in clear, stagnant water.
“We can reduce dengue cases if we eliminate mosquito breeding places,” said Trabado.
She reminded the public that dengue has ceased to be a rainy season illness and is now a whole-year-round health threat./PN
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