Dengue in El Salvador

[Gert van der Hoek]

El Salvador

Date: 21 Jun 2007

Source: Yahoo Salud, Noticias [in Spanish, trans. & summ. Mod.TY, edited]
<http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/070621/salud/amc_med_el_salvador_dengue>


Authorities have decreed a preventive alert in
the capital and in 4 departments [state of
province equivalents - Mod.TY] due to the
increase in dengue cases and announced that
campaigns to eradicate the mosquito vector of the
disease [virus] would be launched immediately.

This state of alert, which activates the entire
emergency system of Public Health will be applied
in the capital, San Vicente and La Paz, in the
central region of the country, La Libertad, in
the south and Santa Ana, and in the east of the
country. Public Health statistics indicate that
72 percent of the [dengue] patients [are found in
these areas].

Although [fatal] victims have not been recorded,
just between 9 and 19 Jun [2007] 134 dengue cases
have been confirmed, among whom 2 [cases]of the
dangerous hemorrhagic variant [occurred].

It was announced that health brigades would
initiate a house-by-house search which would
complement the tasks of household fumigation and
destruction of mosquito breeding sites. In the
Cuscatancingo municipality, in the outskirts of
the capital, _Aedes aegypti_ larvae were found in
55 houses of 100 inspected.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Ministry of Health first reported killed by dengue fever in El Salvador

02 February 2009

SAN SALVADOR, 2 Feb 2009 (AFP) - The Salvadoran Health Minister Guillermo Maza, reported Monday that a baby of seven months, it became the first fatality of hemorrhagic dengue so far this year, so it was a call the people to be alert.

The minister confirmed that the tests were positive to dengue hemorrhagic fever.

This is the first death that occurs in the last two years by dengue hemorrhagic fever in the country, Maza said in an interview with local radio YSKL.

To the minister, the death of the child constitutes a "call, a warning to all parents to take their children to health centers at the slightest suspicion of dengue.

"This means that dengue is here and it is always a fatal threat," Maza stressed.

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[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/social/51495--salud-reporta-alza-en-casos-de-dengue.html

Google translation;

Health reports rise in dengue cases
Parallel to an apparent reduction of cases of influenza A (H1N1), the classic and hemorrhagic dengue have shown an increase in respect of 2008. But the truce does not give flu and two deaths were reported yesterday, apparently caused by the virus.
Written by Suchit? Chavez / Estela Henr?quez
Thursday, 06 August 2009 00:00

We have seen in some departments, such as Sonsonate and Ahuachap?n, the number of cases (dengue) has increased considerably. "
July Armero, head of Health Surveillance



Holders of the Ministry of Health reported yesterday that the increase has been detected in recent weeks in cases of classic dengue and hemorrhagic.



So far, the country has recorded 296 cases of dengue over the same period last year.



Of these, according to spokesmen for the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MSPAS), there has been 14 confirmed cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue fever are for rest.



The Head of Health Surveillance, Julio Armero, explained: "The week before we closed 100 cases this week, with 122."



In addition, the chief added that monitoring of these 94 have been recorded in urban areas.



Armero both as Minister of Health, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, specified that the major influence of dengue has focused on the central and western China, in the departments of Sonsonate, Chalatenango and Ahuachap?n.



However, it is the first department which has been rising more critical of 39 confirmed cases in 2008 to 220 this year.


Prevention

With regard to the infestation rates (percentage per 100 households), Armero explained that has also been an increase in cases and said that could be expected worse numbers due to the influence of the rainy season, which traditionally has its peak in the month September.



"We had 8% (index of infection) in the month of May, and we go to 10% in June," explained the Head of Security.



Minister Rodr?guez said that this situation has led them to launch a prevention campaign that will start the World Day of Dengue, ie, the next August 26.



Armero said the doctor, however, that rates of infection in some areas of high population density have a positive result in up to 75%.



"(The campaign) is going to be in the format of the workshop. The overall objectives of the sanitation campaign to prevent dengue, but also to strengthen the influenza, "said the deputy minister of Health, Eduardo Espinoza.



According to the owners of the MSPAS, the campaign will include sanitation awareness on the importance of cleaning the tanks, which are useless as receptacles of water, washing piles of houses and into the proper use of the Abb? .



The final declaration of the dengue epidemic that took the country was raised in June 2002 that lasted several months and claimed the death of nine children.



However, 2000 was the most difficult numbers: 31 children died from this disease.



In previous years, the warning lights are lit even with fewer registered cases of dengue (fever and bleeding) than those who take the accounts in 2009.



Regarding suspected cases of dengue have also been a rise from 3.726 in 2008 to 3.732 this year, during the same periods.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/15/content_11886307.htm

El Salvador reports 1,145 dengue cases
www.chinaview.cn 2009-08-15 14:46:21

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- El Salvador's Health Ministry designated August 26 as its national anti-dengue day since the number of confirmed dengue cases has topped to 1,145, up 36 percent year-on-year, according to news reaching here on Friday.

"We have made several plans to tackle dengue and flu. But the most important one is to avoid mosquito breeding," said Health Minister Eduardo Espinoza.

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical virus that causes muscle pain, internal bleeding and death. The rainy season (May to October) increases the amount of stagnant water, a breeding ground for dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes, thus increasing the spread of dengue and flu.

The World Health Organization said there were about 50 million cases of dengue infection worldwide every year. About 3 percent of dengue cases can cause dramatic hemorrhaging, which kills 20 percent if left untreated.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://sdpnoticias.com/sdp/contenido/2009/08/15/468964

A baby is the second victim Salvadoran dengue hemorrhagic
August 15, 2009 - 10:33 --

San Salvador, 15 Ago (Notimex) .- A baby of 10 months became the second victim of dengue hemorrhagic fever so far this year in El Salvador, authorities reported to have warned of an outbreak.

The deputy director of the National Hospital Benjamin Bloom (HNBB), William Lara, told the press that the baby spent 17 days internship, after which he was diagnosed with hemorrhagic dengue in their type, although the picture was complicated by an internal leak or spill liquids.

"The children had a dengue hemorrhagic fever with all the consequences of the disease, mainly what are called multiple faults," said the doctor.

The Minister of Health, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, said a few days ago that, apart from the human influenza pandemic with the balance of 12 dead-ahead of an outbreak of dengue, which this week began cleaning campaigns to eradicate mosquito transmitter evil.

To date, El Salvador accounted for 161 thousand cases of dengue, of which 32 are bleeding, but the suspect reached over four thousand.

In the last two years the country had not died of dengue, however, in 2000 and 2001 and took the first two epidemics caused dozens of deaths and thousands of infections.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/09/content_12019291.htm

Dengue infection toll rises to 2,117 in El Salvador
www.chinaview.cn 2009-09-09 08:36:34

SAN SALVADOR, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Health Vigilance director from El Salvador, Julio Armero reported on Tuesday a total of 2,117 dengue cases in the country, 357 new cases since the last report last week.

In comparison with the figures in 2008, the infection cases in the country rose in 1,200 more cases.

Also the hemorrhagic dengue incidence increased, but in lower proportion. At the moment the number of hemorrhagic cases is 37, and the death for dengue is three.

According to the epidemic report, most of the dengue patients were from San Salvador, Sonsonate and Cuscatlan.

"We have to strengthen the control measures," Amero said and called on the people not to sled medicate and to attend the health centers when having the first symptoms.

Dengue presents high fivers.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90880/6761717.html

El Salvador reports soaring dengue infections
11:02, September 18, 2009

El Salvador health authorities have reported 2,431 cases of classic dengue in the first eight months of the year, about 153 percent more than the same period last year, according to news reaching here on Thursday.

There were 45 cases of the deadlier hemorrhagic dengue variant,18 more than the same period last year. The increase was "considerable" compared with 2008, but close to the levels in 2006,the Health Ministry's coordinator of epidemiology, Lilian Cruz, told media in San Salvador, capital of the country.

Carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which breeds in stagnant water, and with no known cure, dengue causes severe pain in bones, muscles and joints, as well as headaches, fever and rash.

Currently, there are four types of this virus circulating in ElSalvador, while there were only two in 2007 and 2008, when levels of infection were comparatively low.

World Health Organization studies indicate that patients are more likely to be infected with hemorrhagic dengue, the deadliest variant of the disease, when they are twice infected by the disease, with a strain the body has not fought before.

Hemorrhagic dengue kills around 20 percent of its infections if it goes untreated, according to the studies.

El Salvador already reported three dengue deaths: a 19-year-oldman, and two new-born babies.

In order to alert the public about the seriousness of the disease, the country's Health Ministry has designated Aug. 26 as its national anti-dengue day.

Source: Xinhua

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/07/content_12189942.htm

408 new dengue cases reported in El Salvador last week
www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-07 10:30:33

SAN SALVADOR, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- El Salvador registered 408 new dengue cases last week, a slight drop from the 431 cases for the previous week, El Salvador's Health Ministry confirmed Tuesday.

According to a report issued by the ministry, most of the dengue patients were from San Salvador and the Western region.

Salvadorian Health Minister Maria Isabel Rodriguez said people were not following the sanitary recommendations to eliminate the mosquitoes, carriers of the disease.

North of the capital San Salvador, mosquitoes breed in 32 percent of houses, while 50 percent and 20 percent of houses in the West and center of the city respectively had mosquito larvae, the report said.

Carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which breeds in stagnant water, dengue causes severe pain in bones, muscles and joints, as well as headaches, fever and rash. There is no known cure.

The World Health Organization said there were about 50 million cases of dengue infections worldwide every year. About 3 percent of dengue cases could cause dramatic hemorrhaging, which kills 20 percent of cases if left untreated.

For this year, El Salvador has registered 3,574 cases of classic dengue and 59 cases of the deadliest hemorrhagic kind.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2009/october/10/centralamerica-091010-06.htm

408 New Dengue Cases Reported in El Salvador Last Week

SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador registered 408 new dengue cases last week, a slight drop from the 431 cases for the previous week, El Salvador's Health Ministry confirmed Tuesday.

According to a report issued by the ministry, most of the dengue patients were from San Salvador and the Western region.

Salvadorian Health Minister Maria Isabel Rodriguez said people were not following the sanitary recommendations to eliminate the mosquitoes, carriers of the disease.

North of the capital San Salvador, mosquitoes breed in 32 percent of houses, while 50 percent and 20 percent of houses in the West and center of the city respectively had mosquito larvae, the report said.

Carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which breeds in stagnant water, dengue causes severe pain in bones, muscles and joints, as well as headaches, fever and rash. There is no known cure.

The World Health Organization said there were about 50 million cases of dengue infections worldwide every year. About 3 percent of dengue cases could cause dramatic hemorrhaging, which kills 20 percent of cases if left untreated.

For this year, El Salvador has registered 3,574 cases of classic dengue and 59 cases of the deadliest hemorrhagic kind.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFi...cId=224655&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC

Google translation:

There are more deaths in El Salvador for dengue hemorrhagic
Health - Wednesday, 28 October (12:49 hrs.)

* Total six fatalities in that country, the Health Ministry confirms
* Informs of four thousand 141 cases the classical type and 10 thousand patients suspected


El Financiero en l?nea

San Salvador, 28de October .- The hemorrhagic dengue deaths brought to six so far this year in El Salvador, today confirmed the Ministry of Health stating that investigated four possible deaths from the disease.

The Director of Health Surveillance, Julio Armero, noted that there is pending a medical audit to determine whether the four deaths are truly due to dengue, as a first test were negative but were positive in second test.

According to the specialist, the victims were among the last 30 September and 21 October in various hospitals in the country and the sixth died of the disease was confirmed a 13-year-old.

Expressed concern that the breeding of the mosquito that transmits dengue are found mostly in homes and in cities of the west.

Apart from dengue, local health authorities face a pandemic of influenza A/H1N1 and that in the coming months could lead to a spike nationally as happened last June.

The report by the Ministry of Health recorded 141 cases of four thousand classic and 62 hemorrhagic dengue and more than 10 thousand patients suspected of having the disease. The authorities maintain permanent information campaigns to prevent transmission and eliminate mosquito breeding sites

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Dengue in El Salvador

Source: http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=348904&CategoryId=23558

Death Toll from Hemorrhagic Dengue Rises to 11 in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR ? A 34-year-old woman has died from hemorrhagic dengue in El Salvador, raising the death toll from the disease to 11, Deputy Health Minister Violeta Menjivar said.

More than 6,500 cases of the classic type of the disease have been registered, Menjivar said, adding that people should take action to destroy the breeding grounds of the mosquitoes that carry the disease.

Dengue, a serious viral disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is characterized by high fever, intense headaches, muscle pain, gastro-intestinal problems and rashes.

Hemorrhagic dengue, in addition to having symptoms associated with classic dengue, like fever, headaches and joint pain, can also produce internal bleeding.

The latest victim lived in the western province of Sonsonate and received treatment when the disease was at an advanced stage, Menjivar said.

As of Dec. 10, 98 hemorrhagic dengue cases had been registered in El Salvador, compared to 41 as of the same date last year, marking a 139 percent increase in cases of the disease, the Health Ministry said in a bulletin.

The 6,572 classic dengue cases registered as of Dec. 10 represented an increase of 413.4 percent from the 1,280 cases registered as of that date in 2008, the ministry said.