Keeping travellers safe through the major dengue upsurge
Research into a vaccine continues, but what can GPs do in the meantime?
Travellers in the Asia Pacific need to be aware that the region is currently experiencing a major upsurge in dengue fever.
The WHO has issued a warning that the number of cases is likely to increase with the onset of the rainy season.1
One of the worst affected countries is the Philippines, with a total of 77,040 suspected cases of dengue, including 328 deaths, reported in the first 20 weeks of 2019.
This equates to about 1200 locally acquired cases per week and is almost double the 41,104 cases reported during last year’s rainy season.
