Episode 137: Variant Soup
Osterholm Update
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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is facing a record dengue outbreak, which has caused nearly 64,000 infections and over 300 deaths. The health care system in Bangladesh is struggling to keep up with the number of severe dengue cases that require hospitalization. Peru is also seeing record numbers of dengue infections this year with nearly 207,000 cases and 357 deaths reported so far this year. This is 2.8 times more cases and 4.3 times more deaths due to dengue than the country experienced in all of 2022.
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