DENGUE FEVER.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 2 June 1926, Page 9

DENGUE FEVER.

SUCCESS OF AMERICAN RESEARCH.

LARGE DECREASE IN VICTIMS

By Cable —Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Received June 1, 7.30- p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 31. The Surgeon-General of the Army (Major-General Ireland), has prepared a report showing the striking progress in stamping out dengue fever, through- the voluntary submission of seventy-five American soldiers in the Philippines to inoculation. The work was done by the Army Medical Research Board in the islands, resulting in the discovery that the same mosquito which carries yellow fever in Egypt, is also the spreader of dengue. Preventive measures, based on research work, were inaugurated among the garrisons in the Philippines a year ago, and reports reaching General Ireland show that the number of dengue cases have been reduced from 8.0 soldiers every 1000 in 1924, to less than 20 per 1000 this year. The,, Commanding General in the Island has issued an order pointing out that human subjects were considered essential, by the Research Board, and that the discomfort and suffering involved was beyond the normal requirements of duty. Five years ago, dengue swept the American Southern States from Texas to Georgia, two, million cases being reported. .