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Bangladesh reports 1,782 new dengue cases, eight deaths in past 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 1,782 new dengue cases, eight deaths in past 24 hours
2006 Prof. Frank Hadley Collins, Dir., Cntr. for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Notre Dame This 2006 photograph depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito while she was in the process of acquiring a blood meal from her human host, who in this instance, was actually the biomedical photographer, James Gathany, here at the Centers for Disease Control. You’ll note the feeding apparatus consisting of a sharp, orange-colored “fascicle”, which while not feeding, is covered in a soft, pliant sheath called the "labellum”, which retracts as the sharp stylets contained within pierce the host's skin surface, as the insect obtains its blood meal. The orange color of the fascicle is due to the red color of the blood as it migrates up the thin, sharp translucent tube. The fascicle is composed of a pair of needle-sharp "stylets". The larger of the two stylets, known as the "labrum", when viewed in cross-section takes on the shape of an inverted "V", and acts as a gutter, which directs the ingested host blood towards the insect's mouth. As the primary vector responsible for the transmission of the Flavivirus Dengue (DF), and Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), the day-biting Aedes aegypti mosquito prefers to feed on its human hosts. Ae. aegypti also plays a major role as a vector for another Flavivirus, "Yellow fever". Frequently found in its tropical environs, the white banded markings on the tarsal segments of its jointed legs, though distinguishing it as Ae. aegypti, are similar to some other mosquito species. Also note the lyre-shaped, silvery-white markings on its thoracic region as well, which is also a determining morphologic identifying characteristic.

This female’s abdomen had become distended due to the blood meal she was ingesting, imparting the red coloration to her translucent abdominal exoskeleton.

Bangladesh has reported 1,782 new dengue cases and eight deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of dengue deaths this year to 209 and cases to 69,149, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Dhaka and Khulna divisions reported the highest numbers of new dengue cases, with 371 and 286 patients respectively.
 
 
Meanwhile, five more children have died with suspected measles in the past 24 hours, taking the combined deaths from confirmed and suspected measles cases to 1,081 since March 15.
 
 
Bangladesh DGHS ALSO reported 1,183 new suspected measles cases and 100 confirmed cases during the same period. Since March 15, Bangladesh has recorded 20,951 confirmed cases and 184,632 suspected cases. A total of 101 children have died from confirmed measles, while 980 deaths have been attributed to suspected measles.
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