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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 08:48 UTC

Tag: Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya

  • Monday, June 3rd 2024 - 18:39 UTC

    Brazil tops list of dengue-hit countries in the region

    Brazil tops the list of suspected dengue cases in the region with 6.3 of them, followed by Argentina's 420,000, Paraguay's 257,000, and Peru's 200,000, Agencia Brasil reported Monday. In South America's largest country, more than 3 million of these notifications have yielded positive laboratory results.

  • Friday, April 12th 2024 - 22:20 UTC

    Brazil accounts for nearly 70% of dengue cases in LatAm and Caribbean

    Still, Brazil has reduced the number of deaths in the current dengue epidemic from previous years

    According to a survey conducted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Brazil accounted for almost 70% of dengue cases in Latin America and the Caribbean, where some 4.6 million infections were confirmed this year, representing a 237% interannual increase, Agencia Brasil reported. PAHO is the arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Americas.