"Myanmar saw a decline in number of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever cases in first five months of this year, compared to the corresponding period of last year, a health official said on Wednesday. From January to May this year, the country registered 1,408 dengue infections with 11 deaths, while 2,283 cases were reported with 13 deaths in the same period of last year, said Nay Yi Yi Lin, project manager of Dengue Fever Prevention and Control Program and deputy director of the Public Health Department under the Health and Sports Ministry. Regionally, the mosquito-borne dengue fever cases were mostly reported in Sagaing, Mandalay, Yangon, Magway regions and Mon state. The ministry has carried out preventive measures against common monsoon diseases including vector-borne diseases since early April, the project manager said. The health ministry is making strenuous efforts to accelerate preventive and control measures against the dengue fever with a national plan to reduce the infection and mortality rates. According to the ministry's figures, Myanmar reported over 23,000 dengue fever cases with over 100 deaths last year. Dengue fever is transmitted by the bites of the Aedes mosquito and mostly occurs in the months of June, July and August of Myanmar's rainy season..."