dengue fever a concern in Dehli?
Oct 11, 2015, 12:04 am
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dengue fever a concern in Dehli?
NYT reported that this is currently a big problem for health care system there, but gave no information of real help for prospective travelers. Anyone have more knowledge of situation? Is this a seasonal risk likely to be less one month from now? Dengue is not a pleasant experience, to put it mildly, and can be worse than just unpleasant.
Oct 11, 2015, 1:14 am
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Last October my son got Dengue in India on a one week trip and we were always taking care about the mosquitoes 
Luckily it was the first round, which is like a severe viral fever, the second time is the one where you get your platelet count all screwed up and need blood transfusions etc. So his mother is absolutely refusing to travel to India with him again
Luckily it was the first round, which is like a severe viral fever, the second time is the one where you get your platelet count all screwed up and need blood transfusions etc. So his mother is absolutely refusing to travel to India with him again
Oct 11, 2015, 7:08 am
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Last October my son got Dengue in India on a one week trip and we were always taking care about the mosquitoes Luckily it was the first round, which is like a severe viral fever, the second time is the one where you get your platelet count all screwed up and need blood transfusions etc. So his mother is absolutely refusing to travel to India with him again
Luckily it was the first round, which is like a severe viral fever, the second time is the one where you get your platelet count all screwed up and need blood transfusions etc. So his mother is absolutely refusing to travel to India with him again Risk of Dengue fever varies by locality within India and also by time of year. I can't imagine a mass breakout of Dengue in Leh, for example, in December.
Dengue outbreaks hit Delhi repeatedly, some outbreaks being worse than others, but I've never had any family or friends get hit with it there. Except for a few months of the year, mosquito bites a plenty.
Oct 11, 2015, 9:44 am
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Calcutta and a village near the border to Bangladesh. The problem probably was the unusually warm and humid weather, which does happen in October when the monsoon abates and switches direction. This fosters the mosquito type that transmits the virus.
Oct 11, 2015, 9:50 am
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I'm headed for Jaipur and can go via Delhi or Bombay. Since my friend is going through Delhi, that would be better, but I wonder if this dengue business ought to be factored in. Is it enough of a risk for a tourist just passing through to re-route? Does Bombay have a similar problem? What about other mosquito-born diseases.
My friend got his immunizations courtesy of the military, and his regimen included typhoid, meningococcus, dTaP, and Japanese encephalitis. He's also going to take malaria prophylaxis, though that seems to be a small risk in Rajasthan.
I'll go look at what CDC has to say.
My friend got his immunizations courtesy of the military, and his regimen included typhoid, meningococcus, dTaP, and Japanese encephalitis. He's also going to take malaria prophylaxis, though that seems to be a small risk in Rajasthan.
I'll go look at what CDC has to say.
Oct 12, 2015, 3:18 am
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Dengue is a virus transferred by a certain species of mosquito, so the specific defense every traveller should have against mosquitoes should work. He just has to be pretty carefull. There is no vaccination or cure against it, once infected you have to let/support the body to fight it.
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Last October my son got Dengue in India on a one week trip and we were always taking care about the mosquitoes Luckily it was the first round, which is like a severe viral fever, the second time is the one where you get your platelet count all screwed up and need blood transfusions etc. So his mother is absolutely refusing to travel to India with him again
Luckily it was the first round, which is like a severe viral fever, the second time is the one where you get your platelet count all screwed up and need blood transfusions etc. So his mother is absolutely refusing to travel to India with him again 
NYT reported that this is currently a big problem for health care system there, but gave no information of real help for prospective travelers. Anyone have more knowledge of situation? Is this a seasonal risk likely to be less one month from now? Dengue is not a pleasant experience, to put it mildly, and can be worse than just unpleasant.
just keep yourself protected with mosquito repellents & you will be fine....