Dengue is incurable viral infection and could only be managed, as such, prevention it’s the best response. Residents of the Brazilian city have embarked on a huge operation to eradicate mosquitoes, which spreads the disease, before teams’ arrival.
About 32,384 people were infected this year alone due to ‘dengue fever outbreak. Three people reportedly died. “It’s a record epidemic. It’s bigger than the 11,500 cases registered in all of 2007,” Andrea Von Zuben, the coordinator of the Campinas dengue control program was quoted by the AFP.
