According to the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, better detection and reporting of the problem is required to combat the problem, Irin New reports.The organisation has stated there was a 41 per cent increase in such instances last year.In 2008, the amount of people recorded to have the illness stood at 58,887, but this swelled to 83,217 in 2009.Chea Ngoun, the centre's deputy director, told the news provider that the mosquito-borne condition caused the deaths of 209 people in 2008 and 279 more in the following 12 months.Mr Ngoun offered a number of explanations for the escalation, including an early rainy season, internal migration to malaria-ridden communities and delayed distribution of bed nets.
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