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Dengue fever epidemic in Singapore
Infection Control Monitor, July 13, 2007
The potentially deadly dengue virus is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, which appear to be winning the war against the disease abetted by the boom in international travel, global warming, and their own adaptability, the Times reported.
The virus, for which there is no vaccine or treatment, is spreading fast beyond the tropics where it was once confined, the newspaper said. Global warming is extending the Aedes mosquitoes' habitat so that dengue has now traveled north from
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