Cases of ‘bonebreak fever’ are on the rise, mostly in Latin America, Africa and south-east Asia. But incidences in Europe and the US are also being recorded – with an estimated 4 billion people at risk worldwide
“The fatigue was so bad I couldn’t stand, and that’s terrible when you need to take care of a child, right? My head hurt, my eyes hurt – I couldn’t keep them open for long,” remembers Ana Luísa Braga.
The 38-year-old, a social worker and mother of a three-year-old, from Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state in Brazil, fell ill with dengue fever in March.
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