Leptospirosis -- Guyana
Following major flooding in the country, Region 6 is reporting 67 cases of dengue and 5 cases of leptospirosis.
Regional Chairman, David Armogan, during a press briefing in Region 6 yesterday, relayed that that while there are 67 cases of the mosquito-borne dengue presently there has not been any major escalation since.
"A number of areas are pretty dry, Black Bush Polder they don't have much difficulties with flooding and so, and a lot of those cases came out from Black Bush too", he
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8527530&promed&0
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