Brazil Army Joins Fight Against Dengue

April 1st, 2008 in Medicine & Health / Diseases
Brazil Army Joins Fight Against Dengue (AP)

A woman embraces a child with symptoms of dengue fever as they wait for attention at a Brazilian Air Force field hospital in the Barra de Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 31, 2008. 1,200 soldiers from the army, air force and navy were deployed to set up three field hospitals, while an additional 500 would spray insecticide and place poison in standing-water puddles to eliminate mosquitoes. A dengue epidemic has claimed at least 58 lives in Rio de Janeiro state since January, according to health officials. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

(AP) -- Brazilian troops joined the fight against dengue fever Monday, setting up three field hospitals to combat an epidemic that has surged to 1.4 new cases each minute.

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