Severe form of dengue kills three in Trinidad

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Health officials in Trinidad say three people have died from a severe form of mosquito-borne dengue fever.

The health ministry said its epidemiologists have confirmed three deaths from the haemorrhagic form of dengue and are investigating two others.

Chief medical officer Anton Cumberbatch told reporters that roughly 600 people have been sickened so far in 2010 of the milder, typical form of the flu-like illness spread by the bite of a common urban mosquito, the Aedes aegypti.

Recent wet, hot weather has created ideal conditions for the mosquitoes.

Health authorities are voicing concern about the spread of dengue as the rainy season advances.

The deaths were announced yesterday.

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