COPENHAGEN -- Local media reported on Thursday that Denmark is experiencing a nationwide pneumonia epidemic after a tenfold increase in the number of positive cases. Danish daily Politiken reported that mycoplasma pneumonia, a respiratory disease caused by bacteria, has been spreading quickly among the Danish population. According to Kaare Moelbak, the director of the Danish National Serum Institute, they have noted that the number of positive tests for mycoplasma pneumonia has risen significantly over time, and it has already reached epidemic proportions. This marked the first time in five years that Denmark is facing a bacterial pneumonia epidemic. Moelbak explained that the disease can emerge periodically, normally with five to six years of interval. He further stated that mycoplasma pneumonia typically lasts longer than an influenza epidemic and they expect that the current epidemic will continue for about three or four months. Also known as cold pneumonia in Denmark, mycoplasma pneumonia has typical symptoms like chronic cough, fever and chest pain. It mostly affects children between the age of five and 15 and people in the 25 to 45 age group.
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