Dengue fever in Brazil tops 640,000 cases, rises 120,000 in one week
The dengue fever capital of the world still appears to be Brazil as the South American country’s dengue fever epidemic continues to mount halfway through 2014. As you may recall, Brazil recorded a whopping More...
Dengue fever in Brazil tops 500,000, chikungunya in the Americas eclipse 350,000
The mosquito borne diseases, dengue fever and chikungunya, continue their climb in the Western hemisphere according to the latest data released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week. Dengue fever More...
Brazil reports seven imported chikungunya cases in past week
Brazil, the host of the ongoing 2014 FIFA World Cup and the holder of the dubious title of “most dengue fever cases in the Americas”, has reported seven imported chikungunya cases during the past week, More...
Brazil unleashes genetically modified mosquitoes in battle with dengue fever
With a total of 1.4 million dengue fever cases in 2013 and the estimated 500,000 visitors arriving soon in Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup this summer, Brazilian health officials have released “The world’s More...
2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil: CDC warns about travelers diarrhea, dengue fever, schistosomiasis and STDs
With just 93 days before the beginning of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) World Cup 2014 in Brazil, an estimated 500,000 soccer fans from all over the globe, including many More...
Venezuela is the most likely country of origin for the dengue outbreak in Madeira in 2012: study
I covered the dengue fever outbreak on the Portuguese island of Madeira since the first locally transmitted cases were detected in early October 2012, both here at The Global Dispatch and on the Infectious Disease More...
The Top 10 Infectious Disease and Outbreak News stories of 2013
2013 was a year full of impactful infectious disease stories with outbreaks of diseases not before seen in humans, diseases seen in new parts of the planet and miracle stories of survivors. Drugs not approved in More...
Dengue in the Americas: Nearly 2.3 million cases, 1,244 deaths
The number of cases of dengue fever in the Western Hemisphere doubled from 2012 to 2013, according to recent data from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). North and South America mapImage/CIA The report More...
Brazil dengue update: 1.4 million probable cases, 573 deaths
New numbers released by the Brazilian Health Ministry reveal that there has been some 1.4 million probable cases of the mosquito borne viral disease so far in 2013, according to a Portal de Saude release Nov. 20 More...
Madeira: New dengue fever cases imported from Angola
The Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal, experienced an outbreak of dengue, which began in October 2012, and saw an overall total of 2,170 cases of dengue fever through April. The outbreak has since been More...
Dengue-free Uraguay prepare for the emergence of the virus
Along with Chile, Uruguay was the only Latin American country that was considered “dengue-free”; however, health officials are investigating four suspected cases of dengue – three in the nation’s capital 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...
