vnchv.org BYNTV - Vietnamese Community of Houston & Vicinities 12-04-2011 BANGKOK—As if Thailand didn't have enough to worry about these days, it now faces swarms of mosquitoes that have spawned as the country's floods recede. "They are flying all over my house, up on the ceiling and on the walls," said Thanyathip Netichaiseth, 48, who lives in a three-story townhouse with two children that has been partly under water the past two weeks. "When I look up the ceiling, I'm shocked, my ceiling is turning black from all the mosquitoes," she said. "When they bite you, it really hurts and itches. Later on, the bites become red and get bigger and infected." Although waters are slowly draining away after Thailand's worst flooding in decades--which left more than 600 people dead — many areas around Bangkok are still flooded. It could be weeks before all the affected homes and businesses are dry. But even the areas that are drying out aren't out of trouble yet, in part because of the plagues of insects that tend to follow flooding, as plenty of warm, standing pools of water perfect for insect breeding have been left behind. Insect infestations are very serious because of the potential spread of dengue and other diseases. Thailand is one of the more-developed countries in the region, yet it has often reported the largest number of dengue cases among Southeast Asian nations in recent years, with major epidemics in 1987, 1998 and 2001, each with more than 125000 cases. Although ...
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