New dengue strain ‘found’

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KUALA LUMPUR: MEDICAL experts believe that the discovery of a fifth dengue variant in the country is just the tip of a greater risk to human lives.

Their worry is that the discovery of the latest dengue “Den-5” virus by researchers, was a portent of things to come.

Malaysia Medical Association  president Datuk Dr N.K.S. Tharmaseelan said dengue researchers believed that the virus had been circulating in the jungles of Malaysia and Indonesia for possibly thousands of years without jumping into the urban transmission cycle.

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China reports 11 new H7N9 cases

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Eleven new H7N9 human cases have been reported in various provinces of China and health authorities are working to identify cases soon

After six new human cases of Avian Influenza H7N9 bird flu were reported from China last week, this week too eleven new cases have been reported from the country.

Local health authorities revealed that the 11 new cases that were confirmed to be infected with the H7N9 were in four regions, with eight people in critical condition.

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