Deadly dengue fever returns, posing threat to lives again

Mosquito sucking blood on human skin. [Courtesy/iStock]

A recent media report indicated that a middle-aged woman (name withheld) from Kilifi County was diagnosed with dengue fever, a rare viral disease with symptoms similar to those of malaria and typhoid fever.

She tested positive for dengue fever at Malindi Level Five Hospital. Doctors were shocked, given that the fever is considered a rare and neglected disease.