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Posted Mon Oct 20 2008: from News.com.au (Australia):
Popular Pacific holiday spots hit by dengue 'pandemic' http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1224510907
MOre than 500 people have been diagnosed in Samoa, at least 1000 in both New Caledonia and Fiji and close to 900 in Kiribati. But researchers believe the real number is at least double these figures, because so many people do not seek, or cannot reach, medical help.... There is no vaccine for dengue fever, and no specific treatment. Once contracted doctors advise patients to take fluids and rest.
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