A recent media report indicated that a middle-aged woman (name withheld) from Kilifi County was diagnosed with dengue fever, a rare viral disease with symptoms similar to those of malaria and typhoid fever.
She tested positive for dengue fever at Malindi Level Five Hospital.
Doctors were shocked, given that the fever is considered a rare and neglected disease.
Dengue fever is categorised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the neglected diseases, but once it occurs, it can be highly fatal.
