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Malaria in Brazil: Elimination by 2030 a country priority

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Malaria continues to be a public health problem in Brazil, especially in the North region, where the highest number of cases are concentrated. Caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium,...

Brazil: More than 10,000 dengue cases reported in Tocantins capital

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The city of Palmas in the Brazilian state of Tocantins is reporting 10,082 confirmed cases of dengue since the beginning of the year, according to a recent epidemiological bulletin. This...

Yellow fever death reported in tourist visiting Tocantins, Brazil

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 One death from yellow fever was confirmed in Tocantins. The State Health Department (SES) reported that the victim is an unvaccinated tourist who was in the south of the state sport...

Brazil: Tocantins records a 87% drop in dengue in 2020

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials in Tocantins state in central Brazil say their has been 1,582 confirmed dengue fever cases in 2020 to date, an 87 percent decrease from 2019. Last year, 12,051 cases...

Brazil: Dengue cases up 350 percent in Araguaína, Tocantins

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of dengue fever cases and deaths are up sharply this year in Araguaína, northern Tocantins, according to a Sou de Palmas report (computer translated). 1,553...

Dengue cases up 149 percent in Brazil, most in the southeast

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Brazil health officials are warning (computer translated) the public of a big increase in dengue fever in the country during the first month of 2019. Through Feb. 2,  there was an increase of 149%,...

Chagas disease

Chagas: 14 infected in Tocantins, Linked to juice made from bacaba

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The Tocantins State Department of Health in Central Brazil is reporting 14 confirmed Chagas disease cases after a family consumes contaminated juice in Aparecida do Rio Negro, according to a Globo.com...

Brazil: Visceral leishmaniasis outbreak recorded in Tocantinópolis

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In the state of  in the Northern region of Brazil, officials are reporting an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar in the city of Tocantinópolis. According to a G1 report (computer translated),...

Brazil: Confirmed yellow fever death toll tops 100

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Since the yellow fever outbreak started in Dec. 2016, a total of 1336 cases of yellow fever infection (292 confirmed, 920 suspected, and 124 discarded), including 215 deaths (101 confirmed, 109 suspected,...

Brazil: Yellow fever outbreak grows, CDC issues travel notice

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The number of confirmed yellow fever cases in the Brazil outbreak, which began in December 2016, has grown to 149, including 52 confirmed fatalities, according to the Brazilian Health Ministry today (computer...