Dengue fever costs Puerto Rico more than US$3,000 per patient
Puerto Rico invests US$38 million a year in dengue fever cases, a study has found — and for every dollar spent on prevention, the state could save five in treatment....
Source: SciDev.Net - Thursday, 17 May, 2012
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