Japan reports 1st dengue fatality since 2005
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#1NBX6)
A woman from Niigata Prefecture, on the west coast of Japan's Honshu island, has died from dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) after contracting the mosquito borne viral disease in the Philippines, according to the Japan Health Ministry (computer translated). This was the first dengue related death recorded in Japan since 2005. The woman in her 30s traveled ["]