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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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August 25, 2006
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Surveillance

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Man ill with Dengue fever
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Centre for Health Protection

The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a Dengue fever case involving a 23-year-old Chai Wan man, bringing the year's total cases to 23, all imported.

 

The patient travelled to India August 5 to 13, and came down with fever, eye pain, headache, muscle and joint pain on August 18. He was admitted to Pamela Youde Eastern Nethersole Hospital on August 22 and is now in stable condition.

 

For more information on Dengue fever, visit the Travel Health Service website.