Last week, the UN warned about the escalation of dengue cases in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dengue is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes and there is currently no vaccine to combat it.. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mosquitoes become infected when they bite a person who is already infected with the virus. Infected mosquitoes can then transmit the virus to other people.
There are three different manifestations of the disease: dengue fever; hemorrhagic fever; and hemorrhagic shock. Among the symptoms of dengue are fever; bone pain, severe headache in the forehead area, eye pain; Rash on the skin; nausea, vomiting; insomnia; itch; lack of appetite and abdominal pain. Normally “bearded man fever”, as it is commonly known, appears within a period of 4 to 7 days.
Last week, The UN warned about the escalation of dengue cases in Latin America and the Caribbean, which already total 3,508,157 during 2023. But outbreaks of this magnitude began to be recorded since the beginning of the year in the WHO region of the Americas, since in July they already exceeded 2.8 million cases throughout 2022 and 1,302 deaths in the region.
Mexico was on the list with the highest number of serious cases. Until October 2, the Ministry of Health reported at least 26,956 confirmed cases of which, 73 percent are concentrated in Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Morelos and Puebla.
According to Epidemiological Panorama 2023shared by the Ministry of Health, These are the 10 states with the most cases of dengue at the end of Epidemiological Week 39:
Yucatan Quintana Roo Morelos Veracruz Campeche Tabasco Guerrero Chiapas Puebla Oaxaca
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2023-10-11 22:45:00
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