Qld: Third dengue case in Townsville

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2010
Qld: Third dengue case in Townsville

CAIRNS, April 20 AAP - A third Townsville resident is believed to have contracted dengue
fever after an outbreak was declared in the north Queensland city last week.

Queensland Health says it's awaiting test results on a third probable dengue fever
case in the city after two people tested positive for the virus last week.

The latest case is the second from the suburb of North Ward while the other recorded
case was at Deeragun.

Authorities say the cases do not appear to be connected and the origin of the outbreak
is still unknown.

The outbreak was declared last week, a month after the city was declared free of the
virus following a previous outbreak in December.

A spokesman said Dengue Action Response Teams are undertaking yard inspections and
set traps to kill dengue mosquitoes in Townsville.

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