Last year, Dengue Fever toured widely, promoting the release of “Electric Cambodia” (Minky Records), a CD featuring 14 vintage Cambodian pop tunes culled from the Holtzmans’ precious stash. Editors’ Notes The Los Angeles band Dengue Fever, featuring Cambodian-born Chhom Nimol on vocals, has built a following among indie fans with their adventurous translations of ‘60s and ‘70s Cambodian pop music. Shedding light on a musical genre nearly wiped out during the horrific years of the Khmer Rouge regime (musicians and artists. Dengue Fever is a driving force in this movement. In January, the band released a compilation of 1960s songs called 'Electric Cambodia,' and its tour here generated an unprecedented interest in the era — although the band's initial impulse was musical, not academic. The band Dengue Fever have managed to build a career out of their obsession with Cambodian pop music of the 1960s and '70s, and with this compilation, they've generously allowed fans to sample their treasure trove of rare recordings, rescued from battered cassettes brought back from visits to Southeast Asia. While the Sublime Frequencies label has been releasing fascinating compilations of. Over the last decade DENGUE FEVER has culled this compilation of their favorite Cambodian rock and roll from many different cassette tapes. The great music you'll find here is a testament to the spirit of a modern Cambodia that existed not so long ago, and should be remembered today. Was featured on PRI's The World on 3/11/2010.

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What is Dengue Fever?

September 20, 2019 10:29 PM

A Nepalese woman covers her face as a worker fumigates an area in an attempt to control mosquito-borne diseases in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 5, 2019. The government says dengue cases has shot up by more than 65% across the country in the last week.

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Breakbone fever, another name for dengue, says it all with its built-in description of a major symptom: joint and muscle pain so severe it causes contortions in many victims.

A mosquito-borne viral illness, dengue fever often begins with a severe headache and fever, then blossoms into that severe pain accompanied by vomiting, swollen glands and a rash. About 40 percent of the world’s population lives in areas where dengue infection is a risk.

Starting in the 1960s with the growing popularity of far-flung leisure travel, dengue has become a global health concern because many popular destinations such as the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands are within its realm. In the United States, it has spread infrequently with local outbreaks in Florida, Texas and Hawaii.

This year as of July 20, 2019, Cambodia has reported about 39,000 cases of dengue, compared with 3,000 for the same period in 2018, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC).

Neighboring nations Laos, Thailand and Vietnam report similar increases, according to the ECDPC. As of July 20, Laos has reported a cumulative number of 15,657 cases, compared with 2,500 cases in 2018. Thailand has declared a state of emergency after recording 43,200 cases as of August 4, compared with 28,100 for the same period in 2018. Vietnam has reported 115,186 cases of dengue as of July 20, compared with 29,000 cases for the same period in 2018.

In Bangladesh, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research reported more than 200 dengue deaths as of September 15, and more than 83,000 cases for the year; more than 50,000 of them admitted to hospitals in August alone.

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