Dengue Claims 54 Lives in Brazil

By MICHAEL ASTOR, Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Diseases

A municipal worker spreads poison to eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito which can transmit dengue, in the neighborhood of Curicica , in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, March 27, 2008. A dengue epidemic has claimed at least 54 lives in Rio de Janeiro state since January and maybe more than twice that, health officials said Thursday. State officials said hospitals reported a total of 114 deaths, about half of the victims were children under the age of 13, but 60 of those cases are still being investigated. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)

(AP) -- A dengue epidemic has claimed at least 54 lives in Rio de Janeiro state since January, health officials said Thursday.

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