Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Dengue fever outbreak among children in Cambodia

Cambodian women and their children wait along a fence near a hospital in Phnom Penh June 18, 2007. Dengue fever has killed at least 109 children in Cambodia so far this year, a three-fold rise from the same period of 2006, due to early monsoon rains and increasing urbanisation, health officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian woman holds her child as she walks to a hospital in Phnom Penh June 18, 2007. Dengue fever has killed at least 109 children in Cambodia so far this year, a three-fold rise from the same period of 2006, due to early monsoon rains and increasing urbanisation, health officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian woman carries her child as she walks to a hospital in Phnom Penh June 18, 2007. Dengue fever has killed at least 109 children in Cambodia so far this year, a three-fold rise from the same period of 2006, due to early monsoon rains and increasing urbanisation, health officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Children suffering from Dengue fever lie on beds at Kantha Bopha hospital Phnom Penh June 18, 2007. Dengue fever has killed at least 109 children in Cambodia so far this year, a three-fold rise from the same period of 2006, due to early monsoon rains and increasing urbanisation, health officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A child suffering from Dengue fever is attended by doctors at Kantha Bopha hospital Phnom Penh June 18, 2007. Dengue fever has killed at least 109 children in Cambodia so far this year, a three-fold rise from the same period of 2006, due to early monsoon rains and increasing urbanisation, health officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

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