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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas...12810.html
I was on Maui when this mosquito borne disease emerged last time. Troublesome to say the least, fatal to some I believe.
It’s very nasty and almost unstoppable when it gets into the environment. Abandoned vehicles were a major factor in the lifecycle of the mosquito species.
I think we caught it on the Hana side and it didn’t make it to the big island last time - anyone with a better memory?
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As I recall, all of the Big Island victims, all Puna residents I believe, had contracted the disease elsewhere (a surfing trip to Tahiti comes to mind).
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Dengue is horrific. I barely survived it when I was strong as an ox back in my youthful 20's, living in Indonesia. Freezing cold such that immersion in steaming hot bathwater barely feels warm alternating with a roasting fever which ice cold showers barely cool, and all the while one's bones (joints and back, mainly, in my experience) hurt so badly you think you are going to die. It was awful.
Clean-up of old tires, cars, trashed washing machines and suchlike, plus inverting flowerpots so they do not pool water near homes, and clearing roadside trash (especially cans, bottles, and cups people throw out of car windows) all helps to abate the mosquitoes which spread dengue. Worth doing.
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There are some references to 2008 Hawaii cases on some of the federal websites, nothing specific though ....hmmmmmmmmmm
Isn't dengue the one where the mosquito has to bite an infected person to spread it?
In other words, the mozzies don't pick up the dengue from the environment or each other. People have to host it, and at a certain stage?
It's worse in highly populated areas like cities in India because so many hosts.
So why is this here? Do we have it?
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"The last epidemic was in 1944, and no cases have been reported since then."
http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/v...index.html
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Here are 1600 or so cases in 2001 -2002 the start of the last outbreak - I think it went on for a few years.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no05/04-1063.htm
http://www.kitv.com/news/1038688/detail.html
- media reports on the Big Islands one case in 2001 note that the article refers to a local variant and not acquired by traveling.
Also note the clearing advice in the main body of the cdc document. With the worldwide rise of dengue occurring now, may be wise to empty those puddles - I know I do
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