Brazil: 2024 Dengue

[Mary Wilson]

Brazil reports over 1,600 deaths from dengue in 2024

21st April 2024, 12:05 GMT+10
Xinhua

SAO PAULO, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Brazil has registered 1,601 confirmed deaths from dengue so far this year, with another 2,061 deaths under investigation, the Health Ministry said Saturday.

A total of 3.53 million suspected cases of dengue have been reported nationwide, and the incidence rate of dengue fever in the South American country is currently 1,741 suspected cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The number of confirmed deaths is 35 percent higher than the total in 2023, which was 1,179 deaths. ...

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[Shiloh]

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2024/05/02...year-in-brazil


Dengue fever causes over 2,000 deaths so far this year in Brazil
Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 10:24 UTC

Dengue fever has killed over 2,000 people in Brazil while almost 4.2 million cases of the malady have been confirmed this year in South America's largest country. The incidence rate of the disease is 2,056.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

According to federal health authorities, some 2,073 deaths have been added to dengue's tab, while 2,291 other victims are still under investigation. The new figures represent an all-time high for Brazil, the Health Ministry reckoned while urging people not to lower their guard even though the worst part of dengue infections is believed to be behind. In all of 2023, only 1,094 deaths were recorded due to dengue in what had been the year with the most fatalities.

“We still have to pay attention. We have climbed the mountain, now we are descending, but we still have many cases that can occur and deaths that can be avoided,” warned the Sanitary and Environmental Surveillance Secretary Ethel Maciel.

Six Brazilian municipalities are to receive shortly the first batch of Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes infected with the wolbachia bacteria, a kind of Trojan horse to decimate the community of infected insects with viral load, it was reported. The strategy is expected to be extended next year to another 22 municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais.

The districts to receive the man-treated mosquitoes are Uberlândia Minas Gerais); Londrina and Foz do Iguaçu (Paraná); Presidente Prudente (São Paulo); Joinville (Santa Catarina); and Natal (Rio Grande do Norte).//

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.diariodepernambuco.com.b...de-dengue.html

1,921 / 5,000
Pernambuco has a 391% increase in suspected dengue cases, according to an epidemiological bulletin
The state has already registered 12 deaths between December 31, 2023 and August 31, 2024
By: Adelmo Lucena
Published on: 09/04/2024 22:05
Pernambuco has already registered, between December 31, 2023 and August 31, 2024, 10,164 cases of dengue, of which 171 were probable serious cases and 12 confirmed deaths. The numbers were released this Wednesday (4) by the State Health Department (SES-PE).

The Epidemiological Bulletin of Arboviruses No. 35 shows that Pernambuco has already recorded 29,457 suspected cases as of August 31, an increase of 391.6% compared to the same period last year.

The SES report indicates that 64 municipalities in Pernambuco have a high incidence of dengue cases, 69 have an incidence considered average and 52 locations appear to have a low incidence of the disease.

In addition, the monitoring highlights that 34 deaths due to arboviruses were ruled out and 27 continue to be investigated by the Epidemiological Surveillance team of the municipality where the deceased resided. Subsequently, the case is taken to a technical committee to discuss the death, in which several professionals evaluate the cause of death.

Oropouche Fever

The number of confirmed cases of oropouche fever has reached 134 in Pernambuco, according to the most recent SES bulletin. The infections are occurring in 21 cities, namely: Jaqueira, Pombos, Água Preta, Moreno, Maraial, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Rio Formoso, Timbaúba, Itamaracá, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Catende, Camaragibe, Ipojuca, Itaquitinga, Macaparana, Sirinhaém, Bonito, Garanhuns, Aliança, Machados and Barra de Guabiraba.

Chikungunya and Zika

The bulletin also reports that, in Pernambuco, 4,630 probable cases of Chikungunya and 1,358 confirmed cases have been reported. For the Zika virus, 246 suspected cases have been recorded, although none have been confirmed to date...