KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 -- Twenty years have gone by since Chris Low, 40, got dengue fever.

What scares him is he can still "feel" and remember the symptoms today.

"I remember having a very high fever one day, my head was pounding, it felt as if it was about to explode.

"By the time I went for a check-up, the doctor didn't say much, I wasn't even asked if I wanted to be admitted into the hospital... instead I got a drip needle stuck to the back of my hand immediately.

"All I heard was, 'yes it's dengue'," Low said.

While Low was in the hospital, he was told that there was a dengue outbreak.

"It wasn't a pleasant experience. I remember my nose bled very frequently, and one day it didn't stop bleeding for almost an hour.

"I couldn't e...