Costa Rica: 2013 Dengue cases

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Source: http://news.co.cr/first-dengue-death-of-2013/22047/

First Dengue Death of 2013
Posted by Marcel Evans on March 3, 2013 in Costa Rica News, Health News

From QCOSTARICA.COM / Costa Rican authorities confirmed that first death from Dengue since 2010 and said that the virus has infected 3.505 people in the first two months of this year, some 998 more than in the same period in 2012.

The directora de Vigilancia de la Salud del Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica, Mar?a Ethel Trejos, confirmed the death in the country since 2010, when four people died from the virus transmitted by the mosquito ?Aedes Aegypti?...

 

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Source: http://www.costaricantimes.com/dengue-epidemic-in-puntarenas-costa-rica/13030

Dengue Epidemic in Puntarenas Costa Rica
Posted by Dan Stevens on Monday, March 11, 2013

Costa Rica News ? For all those people that have noticed a few more mosquitoes than normal during dry season, they are not a figment of the imagination. No rains have come, however there is talk of an epidemic of dengue in Puntarenas and even a recent death of a woman infected with the virus.

Montes de Oro and Garabito in Puntarenas recorded the most cases followed by Orotina in Alajuela.

Guanacaste also claimed 27% (957) of all patients registering as being infected with the virus...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Costa Rica reported 5615 cases of dengue so far this year
MARCH 27, 2013
1:44 PM
AGENCY / WRITING

(EFE). - A total of 5615 people have been diagnosed with dengue so far this year in Costa Rica, the highest figure in the last decade for this period, which is the dry season, reported the Social Security Fund (CCSS).
Of these cases, 12 have been dengue bleeding, although there have been no deaths from this disease.
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http://www.crhoy.com/costa-rica-reporta-5-615-casos-de-dengue-en-lo-que-va-del-ano/

 

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Source: http://www.ticotimes.net/Current-Ed...y-300-percent-this-year_Tuesday-April-09-2013


Dengue cases increased by 300 percent this year
Posted: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - By L. Arias


Costa Rican health officials on Tuesday said that so far this year 6,898 cases of dengue have been reported ? a 300 percent jump from the same period in 2012.

Eugenia Villalta, medical director at the Social Security System, or Caja, reported the figures in a press conference and explained that most cases are being registered in the provinces of Guanacaste and Puntarenas, both on the Pacific coast...

 

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Source: http://www.costaricantimes.com/dengue-fever-outbreak-strikes-costa-rica/14296

Dengue Fever Outbreak Strikes Costa Rica

Posted by Luis Pena on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 ? Leave a Comment

Costa Rica News ? Not to put a damper on the current holiday weekend in Costa Rica but a large dengue fever outbreak has hit the country. Health officials in Costa Rica said an outbreak of dengue fever has sickened 7,000 people, with many cases occurring in some of this Central American country?s most popular tourist areas...

 

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Source: http://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/10/dengue-cases-have-increased-258-over-last-year/

Dengue cases have increased 258% over last year

May 10th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The number of dengue cases in Costa Rica continues to rise. So far this year, the number of cases reported has increased some 258% over the same period last year.

According to Roberto Castro of the Bureau of Health Surveillance, 6,153 cases of dengue have been reported as of April 27th, compared to only 1,717 cases reported by the same date last year...

 

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Source: http://www.costaricantimes.com/dengue-outbreak-in-parrita-costa-rica/15540

Dengue Outbreak in Parrita, Costa Rica
Posted by Dan Stevens on Sunday, May 12, 2013

Costa Rica News - A 20-year-old resident of Parrita this week became the first case of dengue hemorrhagic fever detected in recent years in Costa Rica. Recently the Parrita clinic has been treating on average about 20 cases a day.

dengue fever outbreakThe current situation in Parrita is so large that it has overwhelmed dengue patients services to a point of ineffectiveness.

In the past five months in Parrita 287 people have been treated for this condition...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Dengue out of control in Costa Rica
Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2013 - By L. Arias of The Tico Times and AFP
Cases of dengue have increased by 400 percent this year, mostly affecting the Pacific and the Caribbean regions.

Cases of dengue fever in Costa Rica already have exceeded 12,000 this year, which is four times the number of cases recorded in the first five months of 2012, according to official data.
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Of those figures, 20 are cases of the hemorrhagic type of dengue (DHF), which can be lethal, Ram?rez said.
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Dengue, which causes fever, body aches and even death in DHF cases, appeared in Costa Rica in 1993 and has caused 22 deaths, including one this year.
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http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/...-control-in-Costa-Rica-_Thursday-June-06-2013

 

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Source: http://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/04/costa-rica-issues-alert-over-dengue-outbreak/

Costa Rica issues alert over dengue outbreak

(AFP) ? Costa Rica on Tuesday declared a health alert due to a dengue fever outbreak which has claimed three lives and infected about 12,000 people so far this year, authorities said.

Health Minister Daisy Corrales said the infection rate was four times worse than that of 2012...

 

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Costa Rican officials battling dengue outbreak


(ISH) Costa Rican health officials are dealing with about four times as many cases of dengue this year than in 2012, according to the Costa Rican Social Security System (CCSS).

A total of 14,284 cases have been diagnosed nationwide, according to Elena Ram?rez, a CCSS spokesperson.
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Dengue has killed three people in the Central American nation this year.
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http://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/11/costa-rican-officials-battling-dengue-outbreak/

 

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Increase to 32 cases of severe dengue in Costa Rica
We studied 5 deaths from the virus
Infected could reoffend with another serotype of dengue
AUGUST 14, 2013
1:57 PM
VIVIANA ARCE

So far this year, there have been 5 deaths in our country because of severe dengue (hemorrhagic). Currently, some 32 patients are hospitalized with this type of virus.

Recently, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported that Costa Rica has the highest number of cases to Central America yesterday dengue and PAHO declared 2013 as a year epidemic of dengue in Latin America, where so far been reported about 1.4 million cases of dengue fever.
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http://www.crhoy.com/aumentan-a-32-los-casos-de-dengue-grave-en-costa-rica/

Ministry of Health recorded 1,824 new cases of dengue
PATRICIA RECIO - Updated on August 12, 2013 at: 11:00 a.m.
Canton of Nicoya presented one of the largest increases in the number of patients
So far this year there have been 24,316 reported cases

The Ministry of Health reported 1,824 new dengue cases in epidemiological week 31, which ended on August 3.
In this way the number of patients reached 24,316 cases so far this year.
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http://www.nacion.com/nacional/salud-publica/Salud-registra-casos-nuevos-dengue_0_1359464194.html

 

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Source: http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/...o-rise-in-Costa-Rica_Wednesday-August-14-2013

News Briefs
Cases of severe dengue continue to rise in Costa Rica
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - By L. Arias

Confirmed cases of the severe types (two and three) of dengue in Costa Rica increased to 32, Health Ministry officials reported on Wednesday.

Currently 24,316 people are infected with one of the three serotypes of the virus, and five patients died, health officials said.

Public hospitals administered by the Social Security System, or Caja, are facing bed shortages to treat the patients, especially in the northwestern province of Guanacaste and the Central Pacific region...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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26,704 cases of dengue in Costa Rica during 2013

With this figure, Costa Rica almost equals the 26,808 cases recorded throughout 2012

EFE
AUGUST 16, 2013 - 6:55 PM

Costa Rica recorded 26,704 dengue cases so far in 2013, a figure very close to that accumulated throughout 2012, and the Health authorities fear that is going to set a record for the country.

The director of the Ministry of Health Surveillance, Mary Ethel Trejos, told Efe that until last August 10 recorded 26,704 cases of suspected dengue and 5 people died from the virus transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. With this figure, Costa Rica almost equals the 26,808 cases recorded throughout 2012 and to continue the trend could overcome the country's record of 37,214 patients in 2005. Trejos said "it's possible" that the number of patients exceeds 2005, but said that first you have to wait for the results to shed prevention campaigns conducted by the Ministry of Health, in particular a "contingency plan" that started today.
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http://www.el-nacional.com/mundo/casos-dengue-Costa-Rica_0_246575520.html

 

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Dengue Cases On The DeclineBy Rico on September 7, 2013
The Ministra de Salud (Health), Daisy Corrales, tells us that the number of Dengue cases is on the decline, after peaking in week 29 of the year. Since then, the numbers have been steadily falling with only 1.621 cases recorded last week.

Despite the decline, 2013 holds the record for the worst year for the amount of people with Dengue, reaching to more than 31.000 cases so far this year.
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- See more at: http://qcostarica.com/edition/dengue-cases-on-the-decline/#sthash.eazSEOSb.dpuf

 

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Costa Rica recorded 33,350 dengue cases: 300% more than in 2012
Costa Rica
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the virus, breeds in stagnant water and most common breeding vases, abandoned tires, canoes and puddles.
Thu, 12/09/2013 - 13:560 Comments
San Jos?. Costa Rica accounted until September 7 33,350 dengue cases, nearly 300% more than in 2012, and health officials ruled Thursday existence until people dying from the disease.

The director of the Ministry of Health Surveillance, Mary Ethel Trejos, said Thursday in a press conference that until last September 7 recorded 33,350 dengue patients, about 300% more than the same period of 2012.
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The official explained that have posted 74 patients with DHF and that there is no confirmation of people killed by the virus.
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With just under four months to end 2013, this is already the third year with more cases in the history of Costa Rica, only surpassed by 37,214 in all of 2005 and 36,351 in 2010, according to official data.
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http://www.americaeconomia.com/node/100837

 

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Source: http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/...r-dengue-on-record_Thursday-September-19-2013


2013 set to be Costa Rica's worst year for dengue on record
Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013 - By Corey Kane and Zach Dyer
Record-high dengue infections have cost Costa Rica millions in lost productivity, hospital stays and mitigation efforts. See The Tico Times' interactive map of dengue cases to monitor cases in your canton.


In the coming weeks, Costa Rica is likely to surpass its all-time record for dengue cases since the country started keeping record.

On Thursday, the Costa Rican Health Ministry reported 36,374 cases of dengue, just 1,424 behind 2005?s all-time high of 37,798 cases.

So far, the Health Ministry has reported 13 suspected deaths due to this year?s epidemic. Officials said that six of the cases were still pending investigation.

The ever-growing number of cases is also taking its toll on Costa Rica?s national health care system, known as the Caja. By July, the country lost 33,849 days of work so far this year to employees out sick with the virus, according to data from the Costa Rican Social Security System, dated Sept. 2.

The Caja paid over $12.5 million in lost work hours, doctor visits and hospital admittances for 30,574 patients during the same period...

 

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Costa Rica dengue epidemic sets all-time record for calendar year
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2013 - By Corey Kane
The Health Ministry reported 38,497 cases so far in 2013, with three months remaining in the year.


Costa Rica broke its all-time record for dengue cases after the Health Ministry announced that as of Sep. 21, the number of dengue cases had reached 38,497.

The Health Ministry made the announcement at a Friday press conference, noting that the most recent week?s numbers, coupled with additional cases backdated to previous weeks added 1,658 instances of the disease. The year 2007 held the previous high, with 37,798 cases according to the Health Ministry.

Despite the high number of cases, mortalities remain low, with at most 13 suspected deaths from the virus in Costa Rica ? a mortality rate of 0.03 percent.
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http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/...rd-for-calendar-year_Friday-September-27-2013

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Costa Rica has 41,510 dengue cases

Of this number, 111 are for severe hemorrhagic variety. Until now, the authorities reported no deaths confirmed

EFE
OCTOBER 11, 2013 - 01:50 PM

Costa Rica recorded a total of 41,510 cases of dengue, of which 111 correspond to severe hemorrhagic variety, but the authorities do not record any deaths confirmed so far, official sources said today.

The director of the Ministry of Health Surveillance, Mary Ethel Trejos, told a press conference that despite the high number of patients, the largest in the history of Costa Rica, the curve of new cases is declining for six weeks.
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The authorities do not register dead people, although there are now seven deaths being investigated.
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http://www.el-nacional.com/mundo/Costa-Rica-cuenta-casos-dengue_0_280172120.html

 

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Health Ministry confirms first death from dengue
IRENE RODRIGUEZ - Updated on October 24, 2013 at: 2:56 pm
Woman died of severe dengue Guanacaste, just reported Health

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first death from dengue in the country this year.

This is a woman whose age did not require Guanacaste. Neither were able to say when or where he died.

The information learned at the conference that is taking place right now, which is headed by Mary Ethel Trejos, director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health.

The case of this Guanacaste was among the group of suspicious death under investigation. The confirmation of the death was received by the Ministry of Health last week but it is not until now that make it public knowledge.
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http://www.nacion.com/nacional/salud-publica/dengue_0_1374062755.html

 

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Source: http://www.costaricantimes.com/dengue-in-costa-rica-claims-its-first-life/21874

Dengue in Costa Rica Claims It?s First Life
Posted by Brenda Sotelo on Saturday, October 26, 2013

Costa Rica News ? An adult woman and resident of the province of Guanacaste became the first fatality of dengue since 2010, last year in which there were fatalities from this disease in Costa Rica.

dengue-fever-costa-rica-epidemicThe woman died several weeks ago but the cause of death was determine Thursday. The results, severe dengue (formerly DHF ) internal bleeding .

Mary Ethel Trejos, director of Health Surveillance has stated that of the 13 deaths that were under investigation for suspicion of dengue seven were excluded. Two people did have dengue at death but died of other causes, and this is the first dengue death of the year. Three other cases are still under investigation...