26 Sep2014
Severe strain of dengue causes spike in deaths, says paper
A severe strain of dengue has killed more than 130 Malaysians this year.
The appearance of a particularly severe strain of dengue has left Malaysia with nearly four times the number of deaths this year compared with the same period in 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
The paper quoted Rose Nani Mudin of the Health Ministry’s vector-borne diseases section as saying the strain of dengue, DEN-2, began appearing in force in March 2013, a shift from the previously prevalent DEN-3 and DEN-4 serotypes.
