Travelers warned to protect against dengue fever

ATLANTA -- Dengue fever has increased among U.S. travelers, with96 cases reported in 2005, compared to 98 cases in the previous fiveyears combined, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention.

The trend was reported in the June 30 issue of Morbidity andMortality Weekly Report, and publicized by the Center for InfectiousDisease Research & Policy at the University of Minnesota.

Of the patients with confirmed cases, 17 were hospitalized,including one who died -- a 28-year-old woman who had spent a week inMexico.

Travel destinations among the patients included Mexico and otherparts of Central America, the Caribbean and Asia. …