At least 37 people died of dengue fever in Central Java province during January 2008, ANTARA quoted a local official as saying. According to the record of the Central Java provincial administration, there were 2,347 cases of dengue fever in January 2008, a decrease from 2,518 cases with 62 fatalities in January 2007, Hartanto, the head of the Central Java health service, said here on Saturday. The dengue fever cases were found among others in Jepara (548 cases), Kudus (212), Tegal (118), and Grobogan (104), he said. During the first two weeks of February 2008, at least 57 local people were infected with the dengue fever virus.
