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In 2017, there was a rise in the number of dengue fever cases reported in the island country of Sri Lanka. The peak of the outbreak occurred during the mid-year monsoon season with more than 40,000 cases reported in July alone, far exceeding historical highs. By the end of the year, the total number of dengue cases had risen to 186,101. [1]
Dengue cases in NJ. Of New Jersey's 41 cases, Bergen, Essex and Middlesex counties have had the most in the state in 2024, according to the New Jersey Department of Health's vector-borne diseases ...
Dengue was first serologically confirmed in the country in 1962. A Chikungunya outbreak followed in 1965. In the early 1970s two type of dengue dominated in Sri Lanka: DENV-1 type1 and DENV-2 type 2. A total of 51 cases and 15 deaths were reported in 1965–1968. From 1989 onward, dengue fever has become endemic in Sri Lanka. [4]
In Sri Lanka, there were 180,000 reported cases in 2017. [102] The majority of cases being reported from the Western province. The highest numbers of dengue cases were reported during the 20 week of 2017. [103] Sri Lankan health authorities warned that the country was facing a dengue epidemic with at least 301 patients dead. [104]
So far in 2024, cases of dengue fever in countries in the Americas have reached record-breaking levels, with more than 9.7 million reported cases — twice the number for the entire year in 2023 ...
Dengue cases continue to break records globally with more cases reported this year than ever. In the U.S., stemming from travelers, the CDC has reported 794 cases in 2024.
Dengue vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent dengue fever in humans. [9] Development of dengue vaccines began in the 1920s, but was hindered by the need to create immunity against all four dengue serotypes. [10] As of 2023, there are two commercially available vaccines, sold under the brand names Dengvaxia and Qdenga. [11] [12]
By early December, there had already been more than five million dengue infections worldwide this year—a dramatic increase from some 500,000 cases in 2000—recorded across at least 80 countries ...