Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/02
By: Chen Wei-ting and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, July 2 (CNA) A Kaohsiung man in his 30s has become the first reported indigenous dengue fever case in Taiwan this year, the Centers for Disease Control announced Monday.

The patient sought treatment June 28 after coming down with a fever, a headache, and a loss of appetite, and he was hospitalized two days later after the symptoms persisted and muscle pain set in, the CDC said.

He was confirmed to have a dengue virus type 3 (DENV-3) infection on Sunday and has been kept in isolation since, according to the CDC.

The CDC determined that the patient was this year’s first indigenous dengue fever case in Taiwan because he did not travel overseas during the incubation period prior to the onset of his disease, CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) said.
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