DENGUE/DHF UPDATES (35): 8 SEP 2002 *********************************** A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> In these updates: [1] Bangladesh [2] Costa Rica [3] Mexico ****** [1] Date: Mon 2 Sep 2002 12:41:46 +0100 From: "Banks, A-Lan" <A-Lan.Banks@derwent.co.uk> Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh) 2 Sep 2002 [edited] <http://www.dailystarnews.com/200209/02/n2090201.htm#BODY9> Bangladesh ---------- Two people have died of dengue -- one in the city and the other in Sherpur -- while 81 others have been admitted to hospital in the city and elsewhere in the country in the last 2 days. One of the victims, 12 years old, died of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in a private clinic in the city at 8:30pm Saturday, doctors at the clinic said. The victim in Sherpur district, 15 years old, died of DHF due to profuse bleeding at 12 noon Saturday. Of the 81 newly hospitalised dengue patients, 18 were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, 6 to Mitford Hospital, and 13 to Holy Family Red Crescent Hospital. Another 14 dengue patients were hospitalised in BIRDEM and Government Employee's Hospital in the city, as well as in hospitals in Barisal and Chittagong; 30 people with DHF, some of them in critical condition, were admitted to different private clinics in the city. So far, the number of deaths from dengue this year is 41, while 3747 dengue patients have been hospitalised, according to official report. -- A-Lan Banks <A-Lan.Banks@derwent.co.uk> ****** [2] Date: Tue 3 Sep 2002 00:25:10 -0700 From: "Pablo Nart" <p.nart@virgin.net> Source: AP via Yahoo noticias, 27 Aug 2002 [in Spanish, summarized by Mod.JW] <http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/020827/1/d7vx.html> Costa Rica: reappearance of dengue type 1 ------------------------------------------ The Department of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health reports that so far this year [2002] there have been about 4435 cases of dengue, including 11 cases of DHF. According to studies by the Costa Rican Institute of Research & Training in Nutrition & Health (INCIENSA), Costa Ricans are now exposed to 2 serotypes of dengue. Type 1 has been absent from the country since the year 2000, but has reappeared. Minister of Health Maria del Rocio Saenz explained that when a person has been infected by one serotype of dengue, they remain immune for life; but if such a person catches a different strain, then the chances of suffering from DHF are increased. -- Pablo Nart <p.nart@virgin.net> ****** [3] [The reports that follow were contributed during the week by Pablo Nart <p.nart@virgin.net> from Spanish language sources, and have been translated and summarized by Mod.JW] Chiapas state ------------- Source: Europa Press 3 Sep 2002 <http://www.europapress.es/europa2001/abierto/noticia.asp?cod=20020903095211> The Health Secretary reported that from January 2002 to date, 179 cases of dengue have been reported in the state, including 41 of DHF, with no deaths. He announced that mobile brifades will be on the lookout for cases of dengue and West Nile virus (WNV) infection, and will combat both _Aedes aegypti_ and _Culex_ mosquitoes, the latter being the vector of WNV. Yucatan state ------------- Source: La Reforma (Mexico) 2 Sep 2002 <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/224901/default.htm> During 2002, to date, 358 people have contracted dengue in Merida, including 78 with DHF, with no deaths; 100 of these in the last 5 days. Cases have been seen in 37 of the state´s 106 townships. Last year [2001] 400 cases were reported, including 2 deaths in children. Jalisco state ------------- Source: as above 13 more people (5 male and 8 female) have contracted dengue in Zapopan township, bringing the total for Jalisco state for 2002 to 82, including 5 cases of DHF. These were 13/60 specimens tested, with 325 more specimens awaiting testing. Veracruz state -------------- Source: Yahoo noticias 2 Sep 2002 <http://mx.news.yahoo.com/020902/6/ibcq.html> The state secretary of health announced that as of 31 Aug 2002 660 cases of dengue and 47 of DHF have been reported, of which 11 were [laboratory] confirmed, 4 of those being fatal. -- Pablo Nart <p.nart@virgin.net> [see also: Dengue/DHF updates (34): 1 Sep 2002 20020901.5209 Dengue/DHF updates (01): 14 Jan 2002 20020115.3265 2001 --- Dengue/DHF - Mexico 20010904.2113 Dengue/DHF - Mexico (Yucatan) 20010903.2105 Dengue/DHF - Bangladesh 20010510.0905 2000 --- Dengue/DHF - Central America (03): alert 20000914.1577 Dengue/DHF - Bangladesh (05) 20000904.1511 Dengue/DHF - Central America (02) 20000824.1410 Dengue/DHF - Central America 20000811.1336 Dengue - Bangladesh: background 20000204.0167 Dengue - Bangladesh (Dhaka): RFI 20000129.0143 1999 --- Dengue/DHF - Mexico & USA 19991024.1919 Dengue/DHF - Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas) 19991022.1896 Dengue - USA (Texas), Mexico (Coahuila) (05) 19990928.1736 Dengue/DHF - Costa Rica (05) 19990915.1650 Dengue - USA (Texas), Mexico (Coahuila) 19990818.1427 Dengue/DHF - Costa Rica; alert 19990708.1135] .........................jw/sh *##########################################################* ProMED-mail makes every effort to verify the reports that are posted, but the accuracy and completeness of the information, and of any statements or opinions based thereon, are not guaranteed. 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