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Argentina investigates suspected case of monkeypox in Buenos Aires

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A resident of the province of Buenos Aires consulted today at a health care provider in the City of Buenos Aires with symptoms compatible with monkeypox because he has pustules on...

Leishmaniasis cases skyrocket in Panama

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last week, the Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre reported that there has been an increase in cases of Leishmaniasis in the country, according to a El Siglo report. He detailed...

Dengue fever: More than 1,700 cases reported in the Honduras capital

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A total of 1,700 cases of dengue are registered in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa and 21 of severe dengue, so the call is on the population to prevent cases from continuing to...

Argentina: Salta government reports more than 100 dengue cases last week

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Government of Salta confirmed 105 new cases of dengue in the last epidemiological week. The General Director of Epidemiological Coordination, Analía Acevedo reported that the...

Guatemala: Red tide alert issued, One fatality reported

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Commission for Surveillance and Control of the Toxic Red Tide in Guatemala, declared a red tide alert because the constant monitoring and analysis that is carried out...

Venezuela: Dozens of cutaneous leishmaniasis cases reported in Anzoátegui State

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 At least 66 cutaneous leishmaniasis cases have been reported in Sabana de Uchire, Bruzual municipality of Anzoátegui in northeastern Venezuela, according to an El Pitazo report. It...

Brazil: Three human rabies deaths is a month in Minas Gerais

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Secretary of State for Health of Minas Gerais (SES-MG) reported this week a human rabies death in a child on April 29, the third such death reported in the state in a month. This...

Argentina: Severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin in child detected in Santa Fe

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Argentina Ministry of Health reported this week a case of severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin in an 8-year-old boy at the Children’s Hospital in the north of the city...

Costa Rica investigates case of severe hepatitis in a two-year-old girl

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Costa Rica Ministry of Health reports they are currently investigating the case of a two-year-old girl who presented severe hepatitis without liver failure. Currently, the minor...

Brazil dengue outbreak tops 500K cases through April

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Brazil has reported as many cases through April this year as they did in all of 2021, according to a G1.Globo report Monday. According to the report, There were 542,000 cases until...