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Uruguay warns of traveler’s diarrhea risk in some tourist destinations in Brazil

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Uruguay Ministry of Public Health received information of an increase in cases of diarrhea in some residents of some municipalities in Brazil that are regular tourist destinations....

Bolivia reports 255 pertussis cases, Dengue fever update

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Whooping cough The Ministry of Health and Sports in Bolivia reported Wednesday the total accumulated cases of Coqueluche, or whooping cough in the country reached 255, of which 176...

Bolivia dengue cases top 1,000, Santa Cruz reports most cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Bolivia in early 2023, the Ministry of Health and Sports reports that through January 24, 1,010 total dengue fever cases have been reported. The...

Brazil: Norovirus linked to Florianópolis acute diarrhea epidemic

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diarrhea epidemic in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Island, Brazil, a team from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) have identified the presence...

Cholera in the Dominican Republic: Cases rise to 25, 85,000 vaccines expected

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MISPAS), reported this Wednesday six new cases of cholera and nine other suspects, all correspond to a family nucleus detected...

Brazil: Public health emergency declared in Yanomami territory; Malaria, ARIs cited

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Brazil Ministry of Health declared a Public Health Emergency of National Importance in view of the need to combat the lack of health care for the peoples living in the Yanomami...

Bolivia reports more than 500 dengue cases in first 3 weeks of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In Bolivia, the Minister of Health and Sports, Jeyson Auza, reported that laboratory tests confirmed 508 cases of dengue in Santa Cruz, Beni, La Paz, Pando, Tarija and Cochabamba. “The...

Brazil: 1,618 cases of acute diarrhea were reported during the first two weeks of 2023 in Florianópolis

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The diarrhea epidemic in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Island, Brazil reached 1,618 during the first two weeks of 2023, according to the Municipal Health Secretariat. The causative...

Paraguay reports spike in chikungunya in recent weeks

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the last three epidemiological weeks evaluated (EW 51, 52/22 to EW 1/23), 1,244 new cases of chikungunya and 9 cases of dengue were recorded nationwide in Paraguay. “We are...

Ecuador reports 1st human infection of influenza A(H5) in Latin America and the Caribbean

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 National Undersecretary of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health (MSP), Francisco Pérez, has confirmed the first case of avian influenza A (H5) in a nine-year-old...