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As of 24 May 2024, based on a report made by the World Health Organization, 20,563 dengue cases were reported, of which 266 (1.29%) were classified as severe infections, with 27 deaths of which 11 deaths were confirmed to have been directly caused by the infection. From EW 19, there was a 445% increase in reported cases compared to EW 19 in ...
Dengue is a viral infection that’s on the rise, with many countries reporting a record number of cases this year. “Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-transmitted pathogen in the world, with ...
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 ...
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
Latin America is experiencing its worst dengue fever outbreak on record. Case numbers in the first 4 ½ months of 2024 are already 238% higher than they were by this time last year, which itself ...
A dengue fever outbreak in Bangladesh starting in April 2019 has caused 18,484 infected patients and 57 deaths. [106] A dengue epidemic has been declared in the Philippines after 600 dead and over 150,000 cases reported. [107]
A major outbreak in Argentina of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness that can be fatal, is on track to smash previous records, reflecting wider worry around South America where warmer and wetter ...
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]