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Dengue fever: Martinique and Guadeloupe have entered the epidemic phase

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Faced with the increase in the number of dengue fever cases in the West Indies, Martinique and Guadeloupe have entered the epidemic phase since August 17, 2023, according to Public...

Guadeloupe reports upsurge in dengue cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Since January 2023, the Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy Health Agency and Public Health France have noted an upsurge in the number of dengue cases in Guadeloupe. Around...

CDC: Dengue is a risk in many parts of Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated a previous travel notice on dengue fever in the Americas this week. Dengue is an ongoing risk in many parts of Central...

Dengue in the Americas: 20 countries reporting higher-than-usual numbers prompting CDC travel notice

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Dengue fever is an ongoing risk in many parts of Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According...

Guadeloupe reports first confirmed dengue cases in more than 2 years

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The islands of Guadeloupe in the Leeward Islands has reported the first confirmed dengue fever cases since April 2016, according to the regional health agency (ARS) this past week. ARS has reported...

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Conjunctivitis outbreaks reported in five countries in the Americas

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In a follow-up on a report of a “pink eye” outbreak in the Dominican Republic, conjunctivitis outbreaks have been documented in five countries and territories of the Americas. According to...

France reports an additional 32 imported Zika cases in past week

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With reports of an additional 32 travel associated Zika virus cases on mainland France, the total case count is now 620 through Jul 13, according to French health authorities (computer translated). Fifteen...

Guadeloupe declares Zika epidemic

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On Friday, Prefect of Guadeloupe, Jacques Billant announced that a Zika epidemic was officially declared on the island group in the southern Caribbean Sea, according to LeMonde report (computer translated). “We...

Martinique reports nearly 11,000 Zika cases

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Since the first Zika virus infection was confirmed on the Caribbean island of Martinique in Dec. 2105, health authorities put the clinical case count at 10,950, with the addition of some 1700 cases reported...

Zika virus reported in Bolivia and Guadeloupe

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Indigenous Zika virus infection has been confirmed in two additional countries and territories in South America and the Caribbean as Bolivia and Guadeloupe officially report local transmission of the mosquito...