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Dengue fever update
18 July 2010

 

USA (Florida)
A survey found that more than 1000 have been infected at some point with the dengue virus in the Key West.  These cases represent the reemergence of dengue fever in Florida and  elsewhere in the United States after 75 years.

 

Puerto Rico

According to the latest report of the DS, for the week of 11-17 June 2010, a total of 398 cases of dengue were reported, above

the epidemic threshold.

 

Dominican Republic

During the last weekend, there was an increase in cases that went to health centers at a rate of 20 per day.

 

Guadeloupe

The epidemic is progressing and reached almost the 2007 level for the summer holidays, Guadeloupe has a very severe epidemic of dengue.  The number of cases seen in consultations clinically suggestive of dengue is estimated at about 2200 cases, about 20 percent more than the week before.  

Mexico (Jalisco and San Luis Porosi)
In the week from 27 Jun to 3 Jul, there were 27 new patients, 10 more than the average of the previous weeks.  Most recent infections occurred in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara.

More than 500 outbreaks of dengue have been reported in the Huasteca region, of which some are of DHF,

 

Brazil
In a preliminary epidemiological survey carried out by the Ministry of Health between 1 Jan-1 May 2010, 737,756 dengue cases were recorded in Brazil in 2010. This number is 120 percent higher than for the same period last year [2009], during which 335 265 [dengue] illnesses were registered. Nearly 80 percent of the cases are concentrated in 7 states: Acre, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondonia, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, and Sao Paulo.

 

Source: ProMED