[indralukmana]

So, in indonesia (bill gates recently came here) mosquitos really thrive in all regions. One of the most common and dangerous disease caused by them are (known locally as) "Demam Berdarah" with the literal translation is "Bloody Fever", i don't know if it is the same with the "dengue fever" stated in the article (i have a bad English). This disease is very dangerous especially in rainy season, when there are very many water puddle everywhere and the mosquitos breed. Sometimes hospitals have a very tough time here when the patients start flowing in a very large volumes. So i am grateful to bill gates for giving a grant for solving this problem

[masklinn]

> One of the most common and dangerous disease caused by them are (known locally as) "Demam Berdarah" with the literal translation is "Bloody Fever", i don't know if it is the same with the "dengue fever" stated in the article (i have a bad English)

Using wikipedia, the Indonesian "Demam Berdarah" article is linked to the English "Denge Fever" article, so probably.

[brazzy]

There is a whole group of such illnesses; the general term is haemorrhagic fever:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemorrhagic_fever

[indralukmana]

Ah yes, it appearantly so it is the same "Dengue Fever". The most common ones here in Indonesia is the ones which caused by mosquitos named "Aedes Aegypti".

We were tought in primary schools here to always be vigilant for this kind of particular mosquitos. They are characterized by a certain colour, "Black and White" stripes on their body.

[soneca]

also, in Brazil we call Dengue and the main prevention tactic is indeed to eliminate the "water puddle everywhere" so the mosquitoes can't breed. So, very probably the same.

[indralukmana]

Yeah, every rainy season there are some kind of campaigns here to bury or burn garbages, regularly clean or change water containers, etc. To minimize the breeding grounds for the mosquitos.