The World - News from Sept. 9, 1987
Dengue fever has killed hundreds of people this year, mostly children, and stricken tens of thousands of others in Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia, health officials said in Bangkok. There were 79,000 cases in Thailand, with 399 deaths, by the end of August. Dengue fever is an acute infectious disease, occurring mainly in the tropics, that is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. Symptoms include fever, headache and pain in joints. It can be controlled by eradicating mosquitoes.
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