Abstract:Introduction: In 1993, the International Task Force for Disease Eradication thought over and concluded that only six diseases are eradicable – but, malaria, dengue fever (and, dengue hemorrhagic fever) were not included.
In 2010, 99 countries reported 219 million cases of malaria and 660,000 deaths. In Malaysia in 2011, 5152 cases had been reported causing not more than 30 deaths.
Over 2.5 billion are at risk of dengue fever given the endemicity in excess of 100 countries, compared to nine countrie… Show more
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