Columbia: Dengue 2011

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Four people have died of dengue so far this year in Colombia


By Agencia EFE - 9 hours ago
Bogot?, 26 feb (EFE) .- The Ministry of Health of Colombia said today that so far this year four people died of dengue, while there have been 831 cases of the disease.
A press release from the organization states that 51 of these cases correspond to dengue hemorrhagic fever.
The departments have registered more than are those of Norte de Santander (112), Antioch (87), Huila (84), Valle (75), Sucre (61), Target (50), Santander (50) and Tolima (48).
As last year, indicated that the Ministry of Health received notification of 157,152 cases and 217 were killed by this disease.
He explained that 9,482 of these cases were rated "dengue bravo."
The Minister recalled that the public should observe the preventive measures such as wash water storage tanks, pools, sinks, buckets and containers, at least once a week.
Do not leave objects such as tires or cans where they may accumulate water to prevent breeding of aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are the transmitters of dengue.

Four dead leaves dengue this year in Colombia | January 26, 2011

 

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Re: Columbia: Dengue 2011

http://www.cronicadelquindio.com/no...en_el_quindio-seccion-Regional-nota-31725.htm
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477 cases of dengue have occurred this year in the Quind?o

477 dengue cases and two confirmed deaths from the disease have been reported in the Quind?o this year and until the last week of May.
These figures were reported in the Public Health Surveillance System, SIVIGILA the National Institutes of Health, where he also became known that nationally there were 14,586.

95% of these patients were dengue and severe dengue 5%, reporting 91 deaths also likely of which 30 were laboratory confirmed, 32 are under study, 25 and 4 deaths ruled compatible.Is estimated at 21 weeks of 2011 a national mortality of 4.5%.

"At the time of this report there is an increase of deaths in the study (35%), due to lack of timely completion of units of analysis in local authorities.32% of dengue cases and 45% of severe dengue cases occurred in children under 14 years being the most affected.64% of patients consulted within 3 days of symptoms, "he said from the INS.

57% of patients with this disease were male and 43% are women.
The entity was a 44% reduction in the number of dengue cases reported during the epidemiological week 21, 2011 compared with 20 weeks of 2011, so that on average 694 cases occur each week, although it should be noted that data may vary with the reporting of epidemiological week 22, 2011.

The INS recommended to the authorities check that all fatal cases have a corresponding notification and severe dengue, and reinforce the case definition of severe dengue in health-care providers.

 

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Re: Columbia: Dengue 2011

http://www.elheraldo.co/region/se-dispararon-los-casos-de-dengue-en-todo-bolivar-25764
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Shot up cases of dengue around Bolivar

Authorities asked residents to follow the instructions to prevent dengue.
A worrying growth of people sick with dengue is registered with the department of Bol?var this year. According to the latest bulletin of the Epidemiological Surveillance System (SIVIGILA), there are 161 cases of dengue in the first 21 weeks of the year, ie 132 more than in 2010. The number of cases reported last year reached 715. (See graphics).

The report asserts that in Bol?var SIVIGILA there is now a rate of 15.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, of whom 94.4% are cases of dengue no warning signs and 5.6% for severe dengue, ie 9 cases.

Of the total cases of dengue reported no warning signs to date to SIVIGILA, 67.5% (106) are still as probable, 26.1% (41) were confirmed in laboratories, 3.8% ( 6) and 1.9% (3) were confirmed in clinical and epidemiologic investigation, respectively, said the Ministry of Health of the Department.

Severe dengue. With regard to severe dengue, four of the total cases (9) are laboratory confirmed, two more are discarded and the remaining cases are still as likely as not yet have the results of laboratory testing .

SIVIGILA According to Bolivar, during the reporting period, the incidence is highest in the municipality of El Carmen de Bol?var with 4.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Arjona with 3 per 100,000 population. The lowest recorded rates of the municipalities of Zambrano and Morales with 1.2 for every 100,000 inhabitants.

Bad habit

Auditor Special Agent of the National Health Department in the Secretariat, Wilson Jaimes Miguel Casta?o, referred to this alarming trend.

"... Despite the massive dissemination and knowledge of the practices to be followed for its prevention, is increasing the presence of domestic water reservoirs poorly taken, without lids, and usually in the open ..." said Jaime Brown .

 

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Re: Columbia: Dengue 2011

http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/llano/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-10841924.html
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Dengue blasts in three municipalities of Meta
By: EDITORIAL ElTiempo.com | 6:16 pm | November 27, 2011


There alerts Acacias, Cumaral and Villavicencio and controls in homes is almost nil.

This year Target authorities declared war on dengue and being lost.
Evidence of this is 2368 cases registered so far in the department (63 of them severe dengue), a disease that has killed 16 people (3 of them confirmed).
Although in 2010 the report was 4880 cases, depending on dengue expert at the Health Department of Meta, Yolima S?chica, cases should be lower than this time of year.
He explained that the most vulnerable to dengue classic are under 15 years of severe dengue children between 5 and 14 years and over 60.
But what worries is the immunity developed by the mosquito Aedes aegypti to insecticides used in spraying.
For this right, delivered a series of recommendations for the community from the houses help eradicate breeding sites, as these occur within the home and not on the street as some people mistakenly think.
The impending increase in dengue cases in the coming days by rain and weather conditions and humidity of Acacias, and Villavicencio Cumaral forced to declare a yellow alert to prioritize health care for the sick and increase possible prevention campaigns.
You can control the dengue
* If you are spraying insecticide should vary not believe that the mosquito resistance to poison.
* Wash regularly and keep lids on water tanks.
* If your house has yard
or front yard, avoid puddles, as the mosquito for clean water to hatch.