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In this update:
Cases in various countries: Paraguay (Central), Paraguay (Alto
Parana), Peru (Amazonas), Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Australia
(North Queensland), American Samoa
- Paraguay (Central). 26 Jan 2011. Heriberto Marmol, the mayor of
Mariano Roque Alonso said he was confident of controlling the outbreak
of dengue in the city within 2 weeks. A total of 17 cases were
confirmed in that locality.
in Spanish, trans. Corr. SB.
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Asuncion, can be accessed at
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- Paraguay (Alto Parana). 27 Jan 2011. Paraguayan health officials
today expressed concern over a possible epidemic of dengue, after
confirming 2 deaths and dozens of patients. According to the medical
announcement the majority of those infected are in the Alto Parana
department, 340 kilometers east of the capital, but there are
suspicions of outbreaks in 14 other locations. The Ministry of Public
Health reported 2 deaths, 30 confirmed cases and results are awaited
from 405 other possible infections. Official figures say that in 2010,
14 people died here from the disease, while 13 000 others suffered
from the disease.
in Spanish, trans. Corr.SB
[A map showing the location of Alto Parana department in eastern
Paraguay can be accessed at
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Paraguay (Alto Parana). 30 Jan 2011. The number of dengue deaths (in
Alto Parana, Paraguay) has now climbed to 3. All are residents to
Alto Parana department.
in Spanish trans. - Mod.TY
- Peru (Amazonas). 27 Jan 2011. The health minister Oscar Ugarte said
today that the dengue outbreak that is showing up in the Peruvian
forest and has caused 10 deaths, had originated in Brazil and is a new
variety of the virus that was not known previously in Peru. He noted
that this new strain, which has a rapid worsening (clinical) evolution
which produces the "shock type" without causing bleeding. [Although
this report does not indicate where this outbreak occurred,
ProMED-mail reported a significant dengue outbreak this month (January
2011) in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, caused by dengue virus-2
Asian/American (genotype III), so one presumes that this is the dengue
virus serotype to which the Minister refers (see ProMED-mail archive
number 20110124.0292. - Mod.TY)
Spanish, trans. Corr.SB
[A map showing the location of the Peruvian Amazon region can be
accessed at
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- Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul). 29 Jan 2011. This week, Mato Grosso
do Sul had the 1st suspected case of dengue (virus) type 4 (infection)
in a resident of Campo Grande, who may have contracted the infection
in Para (state). This is of concern because just (!) 3 (of the 4)
dengue virus types 1, 2, and 3 are circulating in Mato Grosso do Sul.
in Portuguese, trans. - Mod.TY
[A map showing the states of Brazil can be accessed at
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- Australia (North Queensland). 28 Jan 2011. A new outbreak of dengue
fever has been declared in the far north Queensland town of Innisfail.
Queensland Health on Friday (28 Jan 2011) declared an outbreak after
receiving confirmation at least one locally acquired case of the
mosquitoborne virus. Meanwhile, an outbreak of the virus in the
Cairns suburbs of Parramatta Park and Westcourt has been declared
over.
[A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map showing Queensland state in
north eastern Australia can be accessed at
- American Samoa. 29 Jan 2011. The number of reported cases of dengue
fever in American Samoa are on the rise. Officials at LBJ Medical
Center in Pago Pago said this week that 467 cases were discovered last
year (2010), compared with 436 in 2009 and 667 in 2008. Hospital chief
medical officer Dr Aloiamoa Anesi says there have been no deaths
attributed to the disease in recent years. [This report does not
indicate how many cases have occurred so far in 2011. Interestingly, a
resurgence of dengue in American Samoa was reported in February last
year (see ProMED-mail archive number 20100222.0597), with just 17
cases in January 2010, climbing to 467 cases subsequently that year. -
Mod.TY]
[A map showing the American Samoa Islands can be accessed at
HealthMap interactive map of the American Samoa Islands in the South
Pacific can be accessed at
[see also:
Dengue/DHF update 2011 (04) 20110124.0292
Dengue/DHF update 2011 (01) 20110102.0020
2010
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Dengue/DHF update 2010 (08) 20100222.0597
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