Mosquito-Borne Fever
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Watch For New Type Of
Public Health Department staff in Papua-New Guinea are keeping a close watch for a new type of mosquito-borne fever which has oc curred in several countries of South- East Asia, and for the type of mosquito which carries it.
When attending a World Organisa tion conference in Manila recently, the Territory's Acting Director of Public Health, Dr. T. K. Abbott, was told that the fever, called Haemorr hagic, was first discovered about 10 years ago in Thailand, and subse quently in India and the Philippines.
Reports indicate that it occurs most frequently among young people, and the mortality is highest among the 10-year-old age group.
No cases have yet been found in Papua-New Guinea.