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Brazil: More than 2,000 dengue cases in the city of Blumenau this year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Blumenau City Hall, through the Health Promotion Secretariat (Semus), publishes the Dengue Bulletin for September. The city records 138 new outbreaks and 65 cases of the disease. To...

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Brazil: Rabies vaccination campaign on Bolivia border

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last Saturday, the Ministry of Health held an opening ceremony with vaccination actions against canine rabies that will take place bilaterally in the city of Brasiléia, in Acre,...

Co-infection by novel species of parasite is confirmed in visceral leishmaniasis patient

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By Julia Moióli  |  Agência FAPESP – The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at...

Brazil: Study points to environmental factors associated with the reduction of schistosomiasis and hookworm

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Surveys carried out in Brazil, between 1947 and 2015, to verify the prevalence of two important diseases caused by worms, schistosomiasis and hookworm, found a decrease in the occurrence...

Dengue cases near 3 million in the Americas in first half of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), during the first half of 2023, dengue outbreaks of significant magnitude were recorded in South America.  Between epidemiological...

Brazil: Leprosy is still considered a public health problem

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Leprosy is a neglected disease that affects thousands of people around the world, mainly in developing countries. Control represents a challenge for health systems. A crucial aspect...

Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in Brazil

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Schistosomiasis Schistosomiasis is present in most Brazilian states, but mainly in the Northeast and Southeast regions. The states of Alagoas, Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte,...

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: Rocky Mountain spotted fever outbreak in Campinas, São Paulo State

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health confirms the occurrence of three deaths from Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in Campinas/São Paulo, referring to an outbreak in the municipality. Until...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever death reported in Manhuaçu, Minas Gerais

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A 54-year-old man died of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) on April 26 of this year, in the municipality of Manhuaçu. According to the City Hall, he lived in the Nossa Senhora...