What the hell? Now we\'re in big panic! Damn Mosquitos!!! I have a mosquito punk burning everyday by my front door.
For the first time in Hawai\'i\'s 2001 dengue fever outbreak, the mosquito-borne disease has been established on O\'ahu, home to more than 70 percent of the state\'s population.
Of eight new dengue cases confirmed yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one case is in Kane\'ohe.
The victim, whose identity is being kept confidential, has no recent travel history, and cannot directly be linked to the outbreak in East Maui or the epidemics in Tahiti and other parts of Polynesia.
However, the majority of dengue fever cases are still concentrated in Maui, home to 45 of the state\'s 48 confirmed cases.
Statewide: 48
Maui (total: 45)
39 CONFIRMED CASES
-Hana area:
-Ha\'iku: 3
-Kihei:1
-Pukalani: 1
-Lahaina: 1
O\'AHU (total:1)
-Kane\'ohe
KAUA\'I (total: 2)
-Anahola:1
-Kalaheo: 1
CASES TESTED POSITIVE (In preliminary screening)
Statewide: 20
MAUI (total:6)
-Hana: 2
-Kihei: 1
Link to the news:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Oct/12/br/br14p.html