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Bolivia reports dengue cases decreasing but too early to claim victory

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Bolivia Minister of Health and Sports, Jeyson Auza, affirmed this Thursday that the number of dengue cases in the country is decreasing due to the various actions carried out...

Minas Gerais reports 25,000 confirmed dengue cases to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The State Department of Health of Minas Gerais (SES) reports through March 12, 83,911 probable dengue fever cases, including 25,265 confirmed cases were reported. There are nine confirmed...

Paraguay: Destruction of Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites in Asunción and Central

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials from the National Malaria Eradication Service (SENEPA) and the National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) carried out an environmental cleanup, with the main objective of involving...

Avian influenza update in Argentina

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) confirmed 3 new positive cases of avian influenza (AI) H5 in the last week, 1 in birds from a commercial farm in the province...

Mexico reports more than 50 Mpox cases in two weeks

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Mexico Ministry of Health reports that, in the last 14 days, a total of 74 probable cases and 51 confirmed cases of mpox or monkeypox have been identified in the country. The...

Cuba: Histoplasmosis outbreak in Artemisa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The following report came from El Artemiseno (computer translated): After a religious activity in the Ruinas del Cafetal Angerona, municipality of Artemisa, an outbreak of histoplasmosis...

Costa Rica reports rise in dengue cases in epi week 7

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to data from the Directorate of Health Surveillance, at epidemiological week seven, which covers from February 12 to 18, 2023, an increase in dengue cases of 42% is reported...

Venezuela: 3 diphtheria cases confirmed in Bolívar State

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The president of the Bolívar State Public Health Institute, Manuel Maurera, confirmed this Thursday, March 9, that three cases of diphtheria have been confirmed in that entity, specifically...

Paraguay: Progressive increase in chikungunya cases persists

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The General Directorate of Health Surveillance in Paraguay reports a total of 11,467 cases of chikungunya during the last three epidemiological weeks (EW7-9). The largest proportion...

Brazil reports doubling of chikungunya cases in early 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The number of probable cases of chikungunya in Brazil at the beginning of this year more than doubled compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of...