Rio de Janeiro: Brazil has reported a nearly 50 per cent jump in cases of dengue fever reported over a three-week period in January, a worrying finding because the disease is carried by the same mosquito that spreads Zika. "This is a very strong indication that the Zika cases are increasing and that the combat against the mosquito is not being efficient," Marcos Lago, an associate professor of infectious diseases and paediatrics at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, said. Brazil has been panicked by thousands of suspected cases of the...
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