-Caveat Lector- This is yet another disease carried by mosquitoes. Speaking of insects, this region is sprayed with an orange variety of ladybugs to kill aphids. Now it is proposed to spray "tiny flies" to eradicate fire ants. I suppose this is better than pesticide but I am beginning to wonder how many bugs can be tolerated. The ladybugs form colonies of thousands in some homes, garages, etc. Wouldn't these "friendly" insects be a perfect medium if someone wished to spread disease! Had eight ladybugs walking across my ceiling when I awoke this morning. Amelia > Today's Top Stories > > AP Wire News > > Associated Press Texas Wire News > > > U.S. Gulf Coast cities at risk for > dengue fever epidemic, > > researcher says > > mlgmg > > Eds: AMs. > > By MARY LEE GRANT= Associated Press Writer= > > HOUSTON (AP) - Thanks to a damp climate and > proximity to the Caribbean and Mexico, the Gulf > Coast states are threatened with an epidemic of > dengue fever, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne > illness common in many developing countries, a public > health researcher said Monday. > > ``It has become a problem in all the Gulf Coast states, > > particularly in warm, wet urban areas like Houston, > Miami and New Orleans,'' said Frank Cortez-Flores, > a researcher at California's Loma Linda University > School of Public Health. > > There are four varieties of the dengue fever virus, and > > no vaccine for any of them, Cortez-Flores said > Monday at the American Society of Tropical > Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting in Houston. The > mildest form is characterized by flu-like symptoms and > a rash on the feet or legs. About half die who contract > > the most serious form, dengue hemorrhagic fever, he > said. > > The disease is among the leading causes of childhood > death in Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the > Philippines and India, he said. > > Cortez-Flores said Texas, where several outbreaks > were reported in the 1990s, has the most cases in the > nation in part because of poor hygiene, sewer systems > and water drainage in its 1,500 colonias, substandard > settlements along the border where about 400,000 > people live. > > He said many people have had a mild form of dengue > fever but are unaware of it, mistaking it for the flu. > They remain carriers for life and if bit by a mosquito > can spread the disease. > > ``Mosquitos are flying syringes, and mosquito control > measures are the backbone of dengue prevention and > control,'' he said. > > One Texas man died in July of dengue hemorrhagic > fever, the first in the state to die this year from the > > disease. He is thought to have contracted the disease > in Bangladesh. Last December, a South Texas girl > died from the fever, which state health officials > believe > she contracted in Mexico. > > Last year, there were 51 cases confirmed by the state > health department, 16 in South Texas. Other cases are > believed to have been contracted in Brazil or Mexico, > where about 7,000 dengue cases were reported in > northern Mexico in 1999. > > The last major epidemic in Florida was in 1935, when > 15,000 Miami-area residents were infected. Since > then, fewer than 100 cases have been reported > because of mosquito eradication programs. Florida > public health officials, however, have said they fear > an > increase in cases because the disease is prevalent in > the Caribbean and because of a large influx of > international travelers to the state. > > Although nearly eradicated in the 1960s, the Aedes > aegypti mosquito that carries the disease is now > abundant in North and South America and the > Caribbean and lives year-round in South Texas, > Cortez-Flores said. > > Increased air travel to tropical countries, > urbanization, > global warming and more tropical storms in recent > years led to a rise in the number outbreaks in the > Western Hemisphere, he said. > > Dengue fever, also known as break-bone fever > because of excruciating muscle and joint pains that > accompany it, infects tens of millions of people > worldwide every year. > > Monsoon flooding caused an outbreak that killed 19 > people in Bangladesh this year. This month, El > Salvador declared a national emergency after 17 > Salvadorans died and more than 750, mostly children, > were infected. > > Cortez-Flores said government and community > control efforts are usually simple and successful. They > > include disposing of standing water in discarded > containers, birdbaths, or old tires. Adequate window > screens also help prevent bites, he said. > > AP-WS-10-30-00 1612EST > > -- > **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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