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California last week clocked its fourth case of locally transmitted dengue fever this year — an alarming rise in a sometimes-deadly disease that experts fear could be fueled by climate change.
Reported cases of dengue in the Americas nearly tripled to a record high of over 12.6 million this year, including 21,000 severe cases and over 7,700 deaths, the Pan American Health Organization ...
About 4 billion people, or about half the world’s population, live in areas where dengue is a risk, and each year there are up to 400 million infections and about 40,000 deaths, according to the ...
Record dengue outbreaks reported in 2013 in many countries: Brazil (double deaths over 2012), [75] Singapore, and Thailand (worst in 20 years), [76] among others. San Pedro Sula, Honduras declared a dengue 'state of emergency', [77] and Central America had its worst outbreaks since 2008. [78]
2011 dengue outbreak in Pakistan: 2011 Pakistan Dengue fever: 350+ [271] 2012 yellow fever outbreak in Darfur, Sudan: 2012 Darfur, Sudan: Yellow fever: 171 [272] MERS outbreak: 2012–present Worldwide Middle East respiratory syndrome / MERS-CoV: 941 (as of 8 May 2021) [273] [274] 2013 dengue outbreak in Singapore: 2013 Singapore: Dengue fever: 8
In Latin America, 2019 was a record-setting dengue fever outbreak, with more than 2.7 million cases and 1206 deaths during the first 10 months of 2019. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] As of 2023, cases and Deaths of dengue fever reached up to 3 million cases and 1302 deaths.
The dengue virus causes symptoms including fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, rash and bleeding. Severe cases can involve organ impairment, shock and severe bleeding.
At EW 19 in Late May, Brazil made up the vast majority of cases of dengue fever reported in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, with 83% of suspected cases arising from Brazil, along with 79.4% of deaths. 6,803,727 cases were reported, and 2,897 deaths have been reported. [3]