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10.28.2015
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The number, according to the ministry, is almost three times than the same period last year when 524 441 people became ill
Mosquito Aedes aegypti image, better known as dengue mosquito (Ana Macedo / Futura Press / SEE)
After registering record of deaths from dengue in the year, the country has just achieved in 2015 also the largest number of reported cases of the disease since 1990, when statistics began to be monitored. According to the latest epidemiological bulletin of dengue Ministry of Health, were 1,463,776 probable cases of the disease recorded from January 4 to 26 September in Brazil. The previous record of 2013 was 1,452,489 people infected.
The number, according to the ministry, is almost three times than the same period last year when 524 441 people became ill. According to the report, the high of records was drawn by the Southeast, which concentrates 64% of cases. The four states of the region amounted to 937 599 people infected.
In Brazil, 18 states recorded epidemic level of disease, ie, when the number of cases per 100 000 inhabitants is higher than 300. They're just out of this statistical Piauí, Roraima, Sergipe, Maranhao, Amazonas, Rondônia, Pará, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
In the latter, the cold weather hinders the reproduction of the Aedes aegypti and dengue incidence rate is lower: 14.5 cases per 100 000 inhabitants.
At the other end of the ranking of states with the highest incidence rates of the disease are Goiás, with 2120 cases per 100 000 inhabitants, and São Paulo, whose index even reached 1 561. Among the capitals with the highest rates of disease are Fortaleza, Maceio, Salvador, Rio and Belo Horizonte.
Although the peak of the disease in the year has passed - it usually occurs between the months of April and May - the tendency is that with the return of high temperatures, the number of cases grows. Are already in an uptrend Acre, Roraima, Paraná and Santa Catarina.
Severe cases - Severe dengue cases and deaths from complications of the disease also increased compared to last year. According to the report, 1350 people developed the most severe form of dengue until September. The number is almost double than the same period last year: 693 people.
In the first nine months of the year, 739 people died of dengue in the country, number 75% higher than reported in the same period 2014.
The Ministry of Health states that did in December 2014, additional transfer of $ 150 million to states and municipalities strengthen prevention efforts. Says still have made technical visits to states to assist with contingency plans against the disease.
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