El Salvador: 2010 Dengue Cases

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Source: http://insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/march/09/centam-10030902.htm

Tuesday 09 March 2010

Dengue Cases Increase in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR - A total of 1965 cases of dengue, including 46 of hemorrhagic type, were recorded this year in El Salvador, said today Health Minister, Maria Isabel Rodriguez.

The number of infected continues to climb, although two weeks ago the authorities ordered the yellow alert and increased measures to contain the disease.

Only in recent days, the authorities have found 255 new patients, although, fortunately, there have not been any death, said the minister...

 

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Re: El Salvador: 2010 Dengue Cases

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-04/14/c_13250714.htm

Dengue cases in El Salvador rise to 3,633
English.news.cn 2010-04-14 11:00:41

SAN SALVADOR, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The Salvadorian Public Health and Social Assistance Ministry said that confirmed dengue cases in the country rose to 3,633 last week.

The number of classic dengue cases stood at 3,566 and the cases of hemorrhagic dengue 67, the ministry added.

The Ministry said that since the beginning of 2010, the number of dengue cases has been increasing by 250 cases a week. Since the ninth week of this year, the weekly increase has grown to 423 cases.

To better combat the disease, the ministry has launched a massive preventive campaign and asked for a budget reinforcement.

"We have an epidemic that never existed before during normal seasons," said Violeta Menjivar, deputy health minister in El Salvador.

Global warming has allowed mosquitoes, the transmitter of the dengue fever, to spread the disease more widely. Drought conditions in some areas also have worsened the outbreak because people have stored water in and near their living areas, creating breeding grounds for mosquitoes that harbor the virus.

Dengue fever symptoms include high temperatures and muscle aches. In extreme cases, hemorrhaging and death can follow.

 

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Re: El Salvador: 2010 Dengue Cases

Source: http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/may/22/centralamerica100052202.htm


Dengue Fever Prevention Campaign in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR - The Public Health Ministry of El Salvador launched the second official campaign against the epidemic of dengue fever Friday, an epidemic that this year has affected more than four thousand 500 people.

Authorities of the sector called the public institutions to eradicate hatcheries of mosquitoes to combat the illness, now spreading to become worse in the rain season.

Teachers and students will also collaborate in the operations for prevention that will be carried out at community level on Saturday and Sunday.

The Salvadoran government decreed a yellow alert for the epidemics in February, due to a sudden increase of the reported cases.

Although the figures of infected people continue dropping and the epidemic has been stabilized, the sanitary authorities will keep the alert effective for indefinite time.

During this year, 4,441 cases of classic dengue and 73 hemorrhagic dengue fever have been identified.

 

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Re: El Salvador: 2010 Dengue Cases

Google: Spanish to English translation
Confirmed another death from influenza and dengue fever rises

Friday July 23, 2010 3:17
During three days of campaigning, starting today, is expected to drop significantly the larval indices to alleviate the epidemic of dengue



Hernandez Maybel
Journal World


The Ministry of Health has been a substantial increase of dengue cases in the past two months, so that the institution has scheduled the third day today against Dengue, aiming to eradicate mosquito breeding sites.


According to epidemiological data, six departments were identified as those most affected by dengue and larval indices. The list is led by Santa Ana (Metap?n being the most affected), Chalatenango, La Libertad, Cuscatlan, La Paz and Moraz?n.


The Deputy Minister of Health, Violeta Menjivar, said that in those departments should intensify efforts during the day.


In recent days, the positivity rate (hatchery) is 70% of the places visited and nationwide the rate is 14% larvae, he said.


The country is at yellow alert since last February and the rise in cases, Health recognizes that it must be more careful treatment of the epidemic.


Emphasize that the collaboration of the population is essential to counter the epidemic. The third campaign against dengue, as well as the previous two, will take place in three phases: now clean public and private institutions, tomorrow the work will be in the homes of employees and the closure will be in communities.


Health authorities say they are concerned by the arrival of holiday since the flow of people increases and neighboring countries high rates of dengue.



Second death from H1N1



Health confirmed the second death from H1N1 in 2010. The death occurred last July 8 and corresponds to a man of 23 years, originally from Metap?n, Santa Ana, a city that has increased in large proportions affected.


He died in hospital in the department and had health complications because they had an underlying disease, suffered from a congenital malformation of the heart.


The first fatality was a child of 11 months and recorded in the Benjamin Bloom Hospital.


The 2009 ended with 33 deaths and more than 800 confirmed cases.
http://www.elmundo.com.sv/nacionales-/1331-confirman-otra-muerte-por-gripe-y-dengue-sube.html

 

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Re: El Salvador: 2010 Dengue Cases

Source: http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=383182&CategoryId=23558

El Salvador Reports 3 Dengue Deaths in 2010

SAN SALVADOR ? The Salvadoran Health Ministry reported Thursday that three people died from hemorrhagic dengue in 2010, during which a total of 8,979 cases of the disease were detected, 20 percent more than the tally for 2009.

The ministry?s director of Sanitary Monitoring, Julio Armero, told Efe that the number of deaths from hemorrhagic dengue fell dramatically percentagewise from last year, when 10 people died from complications linked to the disease...