PAHO issues a dengue fever epidemic alert for Central America as rainy season begins
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has issued a dengue fever epidemic alert for the member states of Central America and Dominican Republic Subregion, which include Mexico More...
Dengue epidemic in Southwest Brazil, Campo Grande in a ‘State of Emergency’
Health officials in the southwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul are battling a epidemic-like surge of dengue fever in which some 9,000 cases have been reported from the capital city during the month More...
Peru’s Amazonian region battle dengue fever outbreak
Photo/CDC-James Gathany The epidemic of dengue fever in Latin America was enormous in 2012 with some 161,000 people infected with the mosquito borne virus. In Peru, there has been 21,000 dengue cases, or 18 percent More...