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Paraguay experiences its largest chikungunya epidemic and is one of the largest recorded in South America, CDC team in country

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A team from the United States CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has been in the country for a few days. These are epidemiologists from the Division of Vector Diseases...

Dengue and chikungunya situation in Argentina

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Argentina National Ministry of Health reports that up to epidemiological week 11 of 2023 (from March 12 to 18), 9,388 cases of dengue were reported in the country, of which 8,504...

Paraguay: A high incidence of meningoencephalitis possibly associated to chikungunya reported

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) wrote in a recent Disease Outbreak News (DON) concerning the geographical expansion of dengue and chikungunya beyond the historical areas of transmission...

Paraguay: Chikungunya continues to expand in the interior of the country

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In Paraguay this week, the General Directorate of Health Surveillance reports 13,010 chikungunya cases in the last three weeks. The general director of Health Surveillance, Dr. Guillermo...

South Korea reports increase of mosquito-borne diseases in travelers to Southeast Asia

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Ji Young-mi is advising precautions be taken  to avoid contracting mosquito-borne infectious diseases when visiting...

Paraguay: Chikungunya epidemic has spread throughout the country

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The General Directorate of Health Surveillance, Dr. Guillermo Sequera reported this morning that in the last three weeks (Epi Weeks 8, 9 and 10), there are a total of 11,649 cases...

Brazil: Chikungunya cases increased by about 97% compared to last year; dengue had an increase of 43.8%

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 To monitor the increase in dengue, chikungunya and zika cases in the country, the Ministry of Health installed the Emergency Operations Center (COE Arboviroses), with the aim of developing...

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...

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...