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Some patients got water in the lungs after receiving saline.”Last year, too, serotype II was responsible for 73% dengue cases. KOLKATA: Stung by more than 20 dengue deaths in Kolkata this year, the civic authorities have marked out areas that are at risk from the virus. We have decided to start dengue-prevention camps there from January,” Ghosh said.Blood samples of dengue victims sent to the NICED reveal that 80% had type-II dengue. “Our immune systems are geared to counter these strains rather than II and IV, which are now more frequent. These places have to be monitored and measures taken to check the spread of the virus..