Tag: Aedes aegypti

• Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:36 UTC

  Warnings of 'catastrophic' Chikungunya epidemic; fears it could spread during the World Cup

  

  A team of French and Brazilian researchers warn that chikungunya virus is poised to invade, and become epidemic in the Americas according to research published ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.

• Thursday, November 21st 2013 - 19:02 UTC

  Dengue emergency in Brazil: 573 deaths so far this year says Health ministry

  

  At least 573 people have died from dengue in Brazil so far this year, nearly twice the figure reported in 2012, according to official figures released Wednesday. Last year, 292 deaths were recorded and 473 in 2011, according to the health ministry.

• Friday, March 1st 2013 - 00:07 UTC

  Dengue: 200.000 cases confirmed in triple frontier: Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil

  

  Paraguay, north Argentina and Brazil are in dengue alert following the confirmation of over 200.000 cases of the mosquito transmitted viral disease so far this year. The situation is considered worst that in previous years because besides a deep rise in the confirmed cases, the circulation of the four sero-types (strains) of dengue (1, 2, 3 and 4) has been detected, which means the disease keeps expanding.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 06:27 UTC

  Dengue alert in Paraguay; SMS awareness campaign to fight mosquitoes

  

  Paraguay’s Health Ministry announced it will appeal to SMS messages as part of the awareness campaign to help prevent the mosquito transmitted dengue disease which this year has already caused 70 deaths and thousands of infections.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 19:02 UTC

  Dengue keeps advancing in Latam despite efforts to contain the disease

  

  Dengue continues to claim lives in Latin America with over 400 deaths and nearly 161.000 infection cases according to this year’s reports from the different countries.

• Friday, August 17th 2012 - 11:20 UTC

  Cuban health authorities admit dengue and yellow fever outbreaks

  

  The Cuban Public Health Ministry (MINSAP) this week again called on people's support to help eradicate the proliferation of the dengue transmitter Aedes aegypti mosquito during the summer months, when vector-associated diseases are on the increase.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 21:22 UTC

  Brazil plans to combat endemic dengue fever with GM mosquitoes

  

  Brazil said it will breed huge numbers of genetically modified mosquitoes to help stop the spread of dengue fever, an illness that has already struck nearly 500,000 people this year nationwide, killing 74.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 00:30 UTC

  Paraguay admits that the dengue epidemic is the most severe in a decade

  

  Paraguay’s Minister of Public Health Esperanza Martinez acknowledged on Tuesday that the current mosquito transmitted dengue epidemic is far more severe than that of 2007, considered the worst in recent times, and claimed she has had limited support from city councils

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:13 UTC

  Deaths and thousands infected with dengue in Paraguay and Bolivia

  

  The dengue disease transmitted by the ”Aedes aegypti” mosquito is again on the attack in most South American countries with Paraguay reporting 18 deaths and Bolivia, 20 and thousands infected so far this year.

• Friday, May 14th 2010 - 01:23 UTC

  Dengue Cases in Paraguay Soar to 5.646 Concentrated on Brazilian Border

  

  Paraguayan health authorities said that the number of dengue confirmed cases have reached 5.646, including a death toll of twelve, the latest of which a 60-year-old man and a 5-year-old boy. Most of the deaths reported are in areas near the border with Brazil.