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dengue fever is back

On 10 facts about dengue fever in Brazil, our main entry devoted to dengue fever on this blog, we explained how the dengue epidemic coincides with the rainy season. What with the rainy season well under way, dengue is back to the headlines: Risco de dengue deixa em estado de alerta 17 capitais, diz ministério. [...]

Swine flu / A (H1N1) in Brazil

updates:

29 Oct 2009, 1368 deaths resulting from the disease.
23 Sep 2009, 1047 deaths resulting from the disease.
16 Sep 2009, 899 deaths resulting from the disease.
10 Sep 2009, 731 deaths resulting from the disease.
02 Sep 2009, 657 deaths resulting from the disease. Continues discrepancies between the death toll figures issued by [...]

dengue fever alert: state of Bahia

Dengue fever is a regular visitor of this blog. If last year it was Rio de Janeiro that suffered a devastating epidemic, this year the bad news come from the state of Bahia. So far this year there have been 26.597 cases, a 291% increase over 2008. 28 deaths have been confirmed and there are [...]

yellow fever: important update

I’ve just updated the entry 10 facts about yellow fever in Brazil and made some modifications under the light of recent changes announced by the Brazilian health authorities. I’ve incorporated two major changes:

Brazil is no longer asking for an International Certificate of Vaccination Against Yellow Fever regardless of where the passenger comes from. This might [...]

Dengue fever in Natal

The considerable increase in the number of cases of dengue fever in Natal has forced its local authorities to declare state of emergency (Dengue: Prefeito Carlos Eduardo decreta estado de emergência).
In the first three months of 2008 there were 2.568 cases of dengue fever and 272 of hemorrhagic dengue fever, resulting in two deaths (in [...]