Brazil: 2011 Dengue. 468 confirmed fatalities, 182 others still under investigation

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http://www.correiodoestado.com.br/n...imeiro-caso-de-dengue-tipo-4-no-estado_93865/

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Amazon records first case of dengue type 4 in the state
LEAF ONLINE 05/01/2011 17h34

The Health Secretary of Amazonas has confirmed the first case of dengue type 4 in the state. The virus of this type of dengue fever was gone for 28 years before returning in August last year, in Roraima.

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A 13 year old who lives in Manaus has been infected by the virus, underwent medical treatment and no longer has the disease. Tests done by the Institute Evandro Chagas in Bel?m (PA), confirmed that it was serotype 4.

According to the Secretariat, transmission occurred in Manaus, where the boy lives, since he has not moved to areas of circulation of this serotype of dengue.

The folder also reported that health facilities are alert to identify other patients with the disease symptoms and intensify the fight against the mosquito that transmits dengue.

The Health Ministry said the alert issued immediately to the Health Departments of all States to strengthen efforts to control this disease.

Type 4 is no more dangerous than the other three serotypes, but the transmission is of concern because the Brazilian population has no immunity against this virus and some of it has already been infected by other serotypes. Therefore, if there is a risk of epidemic dengue type 4 virus could spread to other states.

Symptoms of the four dengue serotypes are the same: headaches, body aches and joint pain, fever, pain behind the eyes and diarrhea

 

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http://www.band.com.br/jornalismo/saude/conteudo.asp?ID=100000392791

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 10h57 Last update, 01/25/2011 - 10h59

RS on alert against dengue fever following the confirmation of the event
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Rio Grande do Sul is on alert against dengue fever following the confirmation of a case in Iju? Monday. According to the secretary of the municipality's health, the patient had presented symptoms one day before returning from a trip in S?o Paulo.

Officials of the Municipal Health Department will visit about 12 000 houses by the end of the week, collecting mosquito larvae and directing people on how to prevent disease.

Sampling shall be conducted in 81 districts of the capital and the results will inform about the density of mosquitoes in the city. This new strategy of information integration, proposed by the Ministry of Health, aims to guide actions for prevention of dengue.

 

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Tuesday, February 1 2011 - 19h29 Last update, 01.02.2011 - 20h14

More than 26 000 dengue cases are reported in 2011

Jornal da Band

pauta@band.com.br
A dengue epidemic has reached all over Brazil this summer. This year, more than 26 000 cases have been registered.

In Rio de Janeiro, the number has tripled compared with January 2010. The Health Ministry acknowledged that 16 states have a very high risk of facing a new epidemic this summer.

According to the survey, 70 cities were considered as priorities for disease control, including the Rio de Janeiro, who in 2010 had 3,098 confirmed cases with nine deaths reported. And, just in the first months of this year, 509 people were infected aedes aegypti, almost 400 more than the same period.

In an attempt to minimize the situation, the city has come to resurrect the fogging, spraying insecticide in the form of oil, processed into tiny droplets by a special machine. He had been withdrawn from the streets, claiming that, besides the aedes aegypti, insects important to the balance of the environment were also dying.

Virologist Maulori Cabral explains that the arrival of the four virus types, as recorded in the northern region of the country is the greatest threat to the Brazilian population. For him, only the mobilization of the whole population will end the problem.

 

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http://www.jb.com.br/ciencia-e-tecn...confirmar-quase-150-casos-de-dengue-este-ano/
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Science and Technology
Today at 9:39 a.m. - Updated Today at 9:41 a.m.

Londrina decrees emergency after confirming nearly 150 dengue cases this year

LONDRINA - The city of Londrina (PR) has declared a state of emergency after registering 144 confirmed cases of dengue in the city. Barbosa Neto The mayor announced the hiring of 80 officers to combat endemic disease. Will also be used Guardsmen Hall.

According to Neto, the risk of an epidemic "is not something distant." He noted that the "state of emergency authorizes inspections in homes, in addition to facilitating the purchase of materials for medical care, such as saline.

According to City Health Department, measures such as application of fogging in the areas of greatest risk are being taken since last Saturday. It was also created a situation room, in order to monitor the cases of dengue in the city.

The municipal laboratory is going to work 24 hours per day, speeding diagnoses considered suspect cases. It was also announced the expansion of the operation of the service unit located in the Maraba district - 7am to 23h, Monday to Friday and from 8h to 18h on Saturdays.

 

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http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/cie...mia_em_16_estados_inclusive_o_rio_142493.html

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Minister says there is 'real risk' of an epidemic in 16 states, including Rio
Rio - The Minister of Health, Alexandre Padilha, warned of the "real risk" of the dengue epidemic in Brazil, to participate in walk against the disease yesterday, in Flamengo. According to him, we must anticipate the problem: "We have a positive result in 2011 with 56% reduction in reports of dengue in Brazil, but that does not mean that we reduce the real risk of epidemic."

Were at the rally members of associations of collectors and recycling, community leaders and professionals of urban sanitation. According to Padilla, the action is traveling the 16 states that have a high risk for dengue cases. The minister emphasized that the mosquito "has adapted to daily population," and therefore everyone must mobilize.

According to the latest LIRAa (Quick Index survey of infestation of Aedes aegypti), released in December, the City and over 18 municipalities in the state are on alert. Between 1% and 3.9% of homeowners surveyed had mosquito larvae.

According to City Hall, there were 663 dengue cases in the first months of the year: 597% increase over the same period of 2010 when there were 111 cases. According to the municipal secretary of Health, Hans Dohmann, the large number is related to the return of dengue virus type 1 to the River "The number of susceptible to the disease is still well contained. In January 2008, the year of the epidemic, we had 12,000 cases in the city, "he said. According to city hall, the tendency is to increase the number of cases, with the peak in March.

 

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http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/bras...no+por+dengue+hemorragica/n1237995209562.html

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Government confirms first death from dengue hemorrhagic fever this year
Victim was 10 year old, there have been about 1,500 cases of dengue this year in the state of Rio de Janeiro

iG Rio de Janeiro | 02/09/2011 11:17 A + A-

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The State Department of Health confirmed the first death from dengue hemorrhagic fever per year in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The type of bleeding is the most severe disease. The victim was the girl Lais Melo Miranda Smith who died last Monday (7) - the same day that completed 10 years.

The child was 43 days at Holy Cross hospital in the municipality of Niter?i, where he was hospitalized on December 26 last year, with vomiting and high fever. She lived with a brother three years and mother Itabora? in the metropolitan area.

Lais was buried on the afternoon of Tuesday (8) at Cemetery Park of Peace, Itabora?.

This year has been reported 1669 suspected cases of dengue. Last year, there were 43 deaths and about 30 000 suspected cases of the disease

 

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http://www.sidneyrezende.com/notici...eira+morte+por+dengue+em+2011+em+minas+gerais
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Child under 5 years is the first death from dengue in 2011 in Minas Gerais

SRZD Writing | Science and Health | 11/02/2011 11:27
The first death from dengue this year in Minas Gerais was a boy of five years, according to state Health Department, said Friday. The date of death was not disclosed. Death occurred in Janu?ria in the North. Another death from the disease is under investigation.

The latest bulletin issued by the secretary also reveals that 6,639 cases were reported this year in the state, 5,414 of them in January and others in February 1225, of which two were confirmed cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and nine dengue cases with complication.

The city with the largest number of cases is the state capital with 947, followed by Curvelo in the Central Region of Minas Gerais, with 453 reported cases.

 

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Source: http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1512400&lang=eng_news

Number of dengue cases in Rio de Janeiro doubles
Associated Press
2011-02-10 11:44 PM

Health authorities in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro say the number of dengue cases more than doubled in January over the same month last year.

The head of the state epidemiological service says there were 3,582 cases last month, against the 1,447 registered in January 2010.

Alexandre Chieppe said Thursday the increase is mostly due to the resurgence of the Type 1 dengue strain that had largely been absent in Rio...

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Source: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2011/02/13/dengue-cases-brazil-state-double/

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Dengue Cases In Brazil State Double
Published February 13, 2011
Associated Press

Dengue cases have risen sharply in at least one key Brazil state, officials said Thursday, building on a steady increase over the past year nationwide...

 

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Amazon
Susam creates commission to investigate deaths from dengue in the Amazon

February 18, 2011
portalamazonia@redeamazonica.com.br


Manaus - The Ministry of Health (Susam) created the State Committee for the Investigation of Deaths from Dengue, comprising five health professionals, who from now will investigate, in effect confirmed, the deaths that have the disease as the suspected cause.

According to the state health secretary, Rosemary Wilson, the Committee follows the pattern already established for the investigation of deaths caused by other diseases, and its creation is part of the strategies adopted by the government of Amazonas to combat the dengue.

Deaths from dengue fever

In the Amazon, since early January, were confirmed eight deaths from dengue. The cities of Manaus and Tef?, living a disease outbreak, announced by the Secretariat on Tuesday (15), respectively six and confirmed one death this year. The city of New Air?o also recorded one death. Another five deaths, all occurring in the capital, are in the process of laboratory research and epidemiology.

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Dengue cases in the Amazon

In the Amazon, 4,183 were confirmed cases of dengue since the 1st of January. The update of the figures was made on Friday (18). The total number of notifications (confirmed and suspected chaos) in this period was 10,387 cases. In Manaus, 7,107 cases were reported and confirmed 3966.

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Man dies with symptoms of hemorrhagic dengue in Bel?m
Posted on 18/02/2011 at 18h57m

Bel?m - A man died on Thursday in Bel?m, with symptoms of dengue hemorrhagic fever. According to City Health Department, Jos? Santos Oliveira, 46, arrived at the emergency room of Guama in serious condition.

The medical team made the admission and blood collection, but two hours later the patient died. The Lacen (Central Laboratory) did not say when the test results will be ready.
http://oglobo.globo.com/cidades/mat...-de-dengue-hemorragica-em-belem-923837028.asp

 

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http://beta.d24am.com/noticias/saude/susam-confirma-4183-casos-de-dengue/17579
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Susam 4183 confirmed cases of dengue

19 Feb 2011. 06:29 h portal@d24am.com
Eight deaths from disease were confirmed and five are undergoing laboratory investigation.

Manaus - The number of people infected by dengue fever in the Amazon until yesterday, is already the sixth highest figure recorded by the state since the first epidemic of the disease in 1998. Until yesterday, the State Department of Health (Susam) confirmed 4,183 cases of the disease, 3,966 of them in Manaus, according to State Department of Health (Susam).

Eight deaths from disease were confirmed and five suspected dengue deaths, all in the capital, are still in laboratory research and epidemiology. The total number of notifications (confirmed and suspected cases) in this period was 10,387 cases. In Manaus, 7,107 cases were reported and confirmed 3966.

Of deaths from dengue fever confirmed by Susam, six occurred in Manaus, in a Tefe, where dengue epidemic is also being considered, and another in New Air?o. "Dengue is an urban disease. The mosquito likes an artificial breeding and therefore the number of cases tends to be higher in Manaus, which requires greater care of the population to avoid sites that collect stagnant water, "recalls the CEO of the Foundation for Health Surveillance ( SVM), Bernardino Albuquerque.

The numbers of dengue fever are also more expressive in Manaus as the city updates the information more quickly to Susam. "In other cities, taking to get the information. They are passed on a weekly basis, "said Secretary of State for Health, Rosemary Wilson.

 

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Monday, 21/02/2011, 2:31 a.m.

Disease is fatal victim in Oriximin?
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The housewife Suely Sena da Silva, 43, died last Saturday at around 13h, at the Municipal Hospital Oriximin? victim of dengue hemorrhagic fever. She leaves her husband and five children.

According to relatives, Suely began to show symptoms on the morning of last Wednesday. At night, she was taken by her husband Joao Araujo da Silva to the hospital where she was treated with one tablet of dipyrone and released.

But the next day, the picture has worsened and she was rushed to hospital, this time by nora, Nilma da Silva. "She has arrived at the hospital with bleeding," said Nilma. In the HM, she was met by general practitioners Warrior Rosangela Leite, who underwent a series of examinations. The result confirmed dengue hemorrhagic fever, and gallstones. Suely still remained in the emergency room, where he received the first medicines to be subsequently hospitalized.

On Saturday, before the severity of the disease, the board decided to refer the HM Suely to Santarem, but the plane that would take it even got off the ground: at 13h, the housewife could not resist the hemorrhage and died.

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http://www.gaz.com.br/gazetadosul/noticia/264824-vigilancia_confirma_dez_casos_de_dengue_no_rs.html
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23/02/2011- HEALTH
Surveillance confirms ten cases of dengue in RS

A report released yesterday by the State Center for Health Survey indicates that came to ten the number of confirmed cases of dengue in Rio Grande do Sul The report contains three cases contracted within the state territory, all in S?o Luiz Gonzaga. The others are "imported" - when a person is infected in other states while traveling. Of these, two were found in Iju? and five other towns of Montenegro, Gua?ba, Santa Maria, Bom Campo and S?o Luiz Gonzaga.
Since the beginning of 2011 were recorded 227 suspected dengue cases in 47 Brazilian cities. Some of them have been dropped by the Central Laboratory of the State (Lacen). The state government is developing actions jointly with the municipalities to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti. It is also being stepped up assistance to patients, with searches for suspected cases of dengue, and social actions focused on sanitation and awareness.
The City of San Luis Gonzaga started the weekend the application of poison against mosquito. Health authorities warn that the population must also take action against the proliferation of Aedes aegypti. To prevent breeding, should be kept courtyards, gardens and areas free of materials and containers containing stagnant water.

 

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http://www.jpjornal.com.br/capa/default.asp?acao=viewnot&idnot=142292&cat=114
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Piracicaba has seven cases of dengue
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

An overview of the Municipal Health Department released yesterday, 28 days ago confirmed that rose from five to seven the number of dengue cases in Piracicaba.

The confirmed cases are a man of 55 years, resident of the eastern region, and a woman of 49, residing in the north. As for leptospirosis notifications (suspected) increased by 50% - from 26 to 53 - but the number of confirmed cases remains at four, even a month ago.

The two new dengue cases were contracted in Piracicaba. Of the seven registered this year, two were imported from other cities and none is dengue hemorrhagic fever (severe form of the disease).

Currently there are 135 notifications, with 24 suspects have been discarded. The town has 104 residents who are yet to collect blood or she has completed the exam and are awaiting the diagnosis.

In 2010, dengue cases have increased 30 times compared to 2009. Last year we had 621 records, with two deaths from 20 confirmed cases and no deaths in the previous year.

In December, Piracicaba was ranked as one of 154 Brazilian cities on alert for dengue fever by the Ministry of Health (Alessandro Meirelles)

 

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Source: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MCOI-8EJHZ4?OpenDocument

Brazil: Dengue cases up 1,000% in Rio
Source: Government of Brazil
Date: 01 Mar 2011


Vladimir Platonow Reporter Ag?ncia Brasil
Allen Bennett ? translator/editor The News in English

Rio de Janeiro ? The number of cases of dengue that have been officially registered in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro has risen 1,000% in the first two months of 2011, compared to the same period last year ? 5,663 cases in 2011 and 539 in 2010.

The announcement of the latest dengue numbers was made by the Secretariat of Health and Civil Defense of the state of Rio de Janeiro during a ceremony in the hillside slum area known as Complexo do Alem?o, which was recently occupied by a UPP ? police pacification unit ? after drug lords were driven out. The objective of bringing in health and civil defense officials was to make the local inhabitants aware of the problem, especially youths, who did not have access to information about the disease in the past...

 

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http://londrina.odiario.com/parana/noticia/398082/estado-de-emergencia-pela-dengue-em-jacarezinho/
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02/03/2011 at 10:48 - Updated 02/03/2011 at 17:14
Jacarezinho State of emergency declared by an outbreak of dengue
Pauline Adams A A A

Jacarezinho is the second city of Parana more confirmed cases of dengue - 489
The mayor of Jacarerezinho (to 144 miles from London), Valentina de Andrade Helena Tonet, declared a state of emergency on Tuesday (1st), because of the outbreak of dengue. The county is the second of Parana in confirmed cases - 489 - second only to London which has 1,089. Also, on Monday (28), the State Health Department confirmed the deaths of two people for dengue hemorrhagic fever in the city.


Hot and humid climate favors the dengue mosquito breeding
The state of emergency was declared for 90 days. The municipal secretary of Health, Andrea Kalil, said the measure's main objective in entering every house, even if people denied, and borrow money from the federal government to combat the disease.

"There are still some houses that do not allow the entry of health workers. Now, even with the aid of the police force, the sites may be monitored. The state of emergency is for the public to stay alert," said Andrea.

The secretary credited the high levels of dengue to the lack of care for people with the environment, the lack of agents of endemic diseases and climate. The heavy rains of the summer period allowed the accumulation of water, a suitable place for breeding of Aedes aegypti.

The absence of endemic disease agents was a negative factor to contain the advance of dengue. According to Andrea, since January, ten young professionals were hired, but would need three more staff. She hopes to get state funds to resolve the situation.

The state government has already taken that will send U.S. $ 50 000 to cover the increase in attendances in the Basic Health Units (BHU). In addition, the city expects the planning of the annual plan against dengue, created in partnership with the Department of Health to continue the work of prevention.

Andrea said the biggest challenge the county is taking care of infected people. "Part of preventing the disease has already been made. We'll continue passing the fogging, opening offices in extraordinary times. Our numbers are stabilizing and we believe that by the end of April, cases should stop going up. What we need is caring for the sick and for that we need state and federal funds. "

 

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Source: http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/04/latinamerica11030402.htm


Dengue Grips Brazilian Amazon

Brasilia - The Brazilian state of Amazonas is going through its third dengue epidemic, the second-worst in its history.

As of Tuesday, 15,548 cases had been reported, a figure only exceeded by the 19,000 cases registered in 2001.

The State Secretariat of Health (SUSAM) said that the first dengue epidemic took place in 1998, when 13,000 cases were reported, but only dengue type 1.

Dengue type 1 and 2 were seen in 2001, according to the Amazonas state health authorities, who emphasized the risk of the current dengue epidemic due to the presence of all four types of dengue.

Nine deaths had been confirmed as of March 1, all of them from dengue type 1 and 2. Two of the dead were minors and seven were young and adults...

 

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http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/salud/Brote-dengue-Santa-Fe-infectados_0_439756087.html
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Dengue Outbreak in Santa Fe: in a few days there were 40 infected
07/03/11

Dengue Outbreak
The Health Ministry confirmed that Santa Fe City Romang, northern province, there were 40 positive cases of dengue. The ministry sent a team of health professionals to prevent expansion in the neighboring towns and villages, where they declared a health alert. It examines whether the cases are indigenous or imported, but the main hypothesis is that the onset of disease had been transmitted by people who returned from Brazil and Paraguay.
The first cases began to surface on Thursday afternoon. On Friday, after the remarkable growth in the number of patients, the Directorate for Protection and Promotion of Health, decided on a medical operation.
The regional hospital was the center where the samples were taken for determining that the 40 cases, 17 were positive for dengue. "So we assume that given the symptoms of other patients, they would suffer the disease, doctors said.
Patients are affected by symptoms of dengue type 1, which has symptoms similar to a bad flu. In this case, those infected in the town of Romang, began with high fever, severe headache and pain behind the eyes, muscle aches, joint pain, nausea, vomiting and rash.
In addition to the coordinated work to stop the spread of the disease, began with the work of fumigation and awareness from house to house, forced to clean in places where water stagnates.
The outbreak of dengue in Romang is significant but nearly two years ago, in April 2009 in the town of Hersilia, also in the northwest province, there were 800 positive cases of the disease . In fact, there is often such outbreaks of dengue fever in Santa Fe, but occur for specific causes.
Health officials of the province entrusted to Clar?n that "the cases would be imported, more precisely in people who traveled during the month of February to Paraguay for shopping tours and Brazil for tourism."
The worrying situation is also right in the city long weekend for the Carnival holidays, when the tourist movement in the coastal cottage is full.
With reinforced preventinas measures, doctors working at the site recommends that people not self-medicate and quickly come to the clinic at the slightest symptom.
Furthermore, in the area, the San Javier River increased its level, invading lakes and lowlands of the coastal city.
The mosquito invasion forces to take special measures to prevent infection. The main recommendations to reduce mosquito breeding is to eliminate places where they lay eggs, primarily artificial containers that hold water in the backyard.
It is also advisable to frequently change the water in the troughs, and vases, cover water containers, remove the debris. Mosquitoes also can bite through clothing. Therefore, it is important to spray it with repellent.

 

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http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/bras...is+duas+mortes+por+dengue/n1238145882282.html
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Jacarezinho and London confirmed two more deaths from dengue
Total fatalities since the start of the year rises to five in Parana

Luciana Christ, Paran? iG | 09/03/2011 17:36 A + A-

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The death of two others due to dengue haemorrhagic fever was confirmed on the afternoon of Wednesday (9) by the Ministry of Health of Paran?. The death toll since the beginning of the year, is five since the beginning of the year.

One of the victims, a woman of 46 years, was seen in the town of Jacarezinho, in region known as Norte Paranaense Pioneer. The other death occurred in Londrina, northern Paran?, a female patient, aged 41, who died Feb. 18, due to complication of dengue.

Jacarezinho and London are also the locations of the other three deaths reported so far, caused by hemorrhagic dengue, considered the most severe form of the disease. The two cities account for 68.6% of dengue cases in Parana in 2011.

The reasons cited by the state government are deficient in combating the mosquito Aedes aegypti during the past year and difficulties in patient care. In recent weeks, the demand for professionals and equipment was reduced with state and local investments.

Much of the notifications of the disease is in the northern region of Parana. In the region of Londrina, this index exceeds 5600. In Jacarezinho, over 1800 notifications to date. The region of Foz do Iguacu on the border with Paraguay, is shown in sequence, with 1,405 notifications.

Severe cases

Besides the deaths, concern the cases that progress to a severe illness, which has reached 29 patients from Paran?, 16 dengue and 13 with complication of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Amid the troubling numbers considered, the Department of Health points out that in the last week has the number of dengue cases with complication in London.

But it is still early to show that the situation is calmer. A new case of a patient that died in London with suspected dengue awaits confirmation of laboratory tests. It is also a woman of about 40 years.

According to the coordinator of the Epidemiology of Londrina, Sandra Caldeira, the city is still on the upward curve of dengue cases. Of the more than 6500 cases reported as suspected disease, 1,552 were confirmed, and other 4400 are still in progress. "The numbers that have the disease are delayed by at least three weeks, if we take into account that the incubation period can take three to 15 days, plus the time of sample collection, which is made from the seventh day of onset of symptoms, "he calculates.

Also according to Sandra, the result of actions undertaken by municipal and state government in recent weeks will still take some time to bear fruit. "Meanwhile the population has to stablish some care and eliminate potential breeding sites in homes," he warns.

 

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http://www.cgn.inf.br/?system=news&action=read&id=126832
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PR recorded six deaths from dengue
The counties with the highest number of notifications are Londrina - 17th RS (6630), Jacarezinho - 19th RS (2139) and Foz do Iguacu - 9th RS (1632) ...

Published on March 15, 2011 at 7h48min | Jeferson Popiu | Source: Press

Dengue cases in Parana are concentrated in four cities: London, Jacarezinho, Cornelio Procopio and Foz do Iguacu. These regions account for 81.9% of cases of the disease. In the other cities of the state the situation is under control. The information is the State Department of Health, which released yesterday (14) the new weekly report with the numbers of dengue in Parana.

According to the report were confirmed yesterday a total of six deaths in Paran?, with four deaths from haemorrhagic fever, one in London (64 years old female), two in Jacarezinho, (27 years old female and male age 82 years ) and a Cambar? (19 years old female) and two deaths from dengue fever with complications, one in Jacarezinho (46 years old female) and one in London (41 years old female).