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The dirty standing water that became commonplace in the Hurricane Mitch-ravaged
zones placed the rural population in peril of mosquito-transmitted diseases.
Mosquito nets that are impregnated with permethrine, an approved chemical
compound that both repels and kills insects/mosquitoes, should be distributed to
combat dengue. This effort would be especially beneficial to small children who
were more vulnerable to serious illnesses, such as dengue fever/dengue
hemorrhagic fever.
Infectious diseases account for the larger part of all deaths
in the tropical areas of the world and disease, like poverty, is not distributed
uniformly among people and countries. Nearly all of these deaths occur in
children under the age of five. Many of these infectious diseases that
profoundly impact the health of people living in the tropics are frequently
referred to as arboviral diseases. Arboviruses are enveloped, RNA-containing
viruses that encompass, among others, the Flaviviruses (family Flaviviridae,
genus Flavivirus) that is pathogenic in humans and includes dengue.
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