Cote d'Ivoire : launch dengue control campaign

Abidjan, Aug 3 :   As the danger lurks of the dengue epidemic spreading in the country, the Côte d'Ivoire government will launch an anti-vector campaign officials said.

The campaign will be launched in all municipalities of Abidjan and surrounding cities, an olfficial report said on Wednesday. 

Detected in April in the Cocody-Bingerville district, the dengue epidemic has claimed two lives out of the 911 suspected cases. Of these cases so far, 311 were confirmed.

The report said that from July 3 to July 22, 153 new cases were recorded in the communes of Cocody and Bingerville. 

Called "tropical flu" in Côte d'Ivoire, dengue is a viral disease transmitted to humans by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. It manifests itself in the appearance of a high fever often accompanied by headaches, nausea, vomiting, joint and muscle pain and a rash resembling that of measles. 

Dengue is considered a re-emerging disease and predominantly occurs throughout the intertropical zone.