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Two cases of Dengue Fever - eigoya - 10-29-2015
Two locally acquired cases of Dengue fever on the Big Island, four under investigation. Undertook prevention measures (spraying for mosquitoes). Won't say where. Anyone have more information than this?
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30389127/doh-confirms-cases-of-locally-acquired-dengue-fever-investigating-four-others
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - shockwave rider - 10-29-2015
An early report said the health investigators were looking in the area of the victims homes and workplaces for the point of exposure and were coming up dry. To me that doesn't imply visitors or people who might have been exposed in the back country while hiking or hunting. I hope they share some better information so people have some idea what we are up against before the coconut wireless runs wild.
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - dmbwest - 10-29-2015
Combine topics / threads Rob ?
mahalo,
pog
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - eigoya - 10-30-2015
So you don't know where they sprayed yesterday?
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - pahoated - 10-30-2015
quote:The article actually stated a cluster area and they suspect a tourist arrived with dengue fever and was bitten by a local mosquito, passing it on to other mosquitoes in the area. It does say it is in an area with low mosquito counts, so it is likely this is happening on the west side. The notification/non-notification reporting is not unexpected or unusual, considering it is just the way local news is handled, always with the precious tourists given first consideration.
Originally posted by shockwave rider
An early report said the health investigators were looking in the area of the victims homes and workplaces for the point of exposure and were coming up dry. To me that doesn't imply visitors or people who might have been exposed in the back country while hiking or hunting. I hope they share some better information so people have some idea what we are up against before the coconut wireless runs wild.
“It’s likely an infected traveler infected the local mosquito population, which led to this cluster, so we want the public to be aware of this mosquito-borne disease and the steps they can take to prevent infection.”
“Our local environmental health assessments have not found significant mosquito activity in the affected area,”
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RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 10-30-2015
Won't say where. Anyone have more information than this?
Their video shows Kona Airport and City of Refuge Pu`uhonua O H#333;naunau:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-TuBvvHVs
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - PauHana - 10-30-2015
Deputy state epidemiologist Dr. Melissa Viray said Thursday afternoon she could not identify the location or locations where the dengue fever was reported, because it could give Big Isle residents a “false sense of security.”
How Stupid!
Keeping the public in the dark is always sound government policy.
So I guess I can assume the cases are in Kona, so I am not going to do anything.
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - hikatz - 10-30-2015
In this video, it mentioned 6 or 7 of the group who did the Volcano tour came down sick! He and a friend that did not go to the Volcano, they had a show in Kona, were fine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_NHSywrVjo
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 10-30-2015
6 or 7 of the group who did the Volcano tour came down sick!
Not many mosquitoes (the transmission vector) in Volcano though...
RE: Two cases of Dengue Fever - PunaMauka2 - 10-30-2015
" Not many mosquitoes (the transmission vector) in Volcano though..."
I take no delight whatsoever in contradicting this statement. Some years ago it was blissfully true. Beginning ten years or so ago I noticed a gradual increase from the rare one or two spotted annually in mid summer lethargically buzzing around. Things have changed in this part of upper Volcano. A mosquito coil burns as I do some work today in an open workshop.