According to the Ministry of Health, the Midwest is the region with the highest rate of dengue cases.
While a vaccine against dengue is being studied by the Butantan Institute, the picture of the disease in Brazil is not so positive. In Rio Grande do Sul, for example, 87% of the cities in the state reported the infestation of the Aedes aegypti. In Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, the city hall warned that 80% of mosquito outbreaks are in homes.
According to the Ministry of Health, the first quarter of 2022 saw a 55% increase compared to the same period in 2021. The percentage is equivalent to 204 thousand cases of the disease, in which the Midwest is the region with the highest number of dengue cases since the beginning of the year, with an average of 475 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. On the other hand, the Northeast is the region with the lowest incidence: there are 39 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants.
INCREASED DENGUE IS RELATED TO CLIMATE ISSUES
Goiânia, capital of Goiás, leads the ranking of notifications of the disease: they are 18 thousand cases. The scenario is also alarming in Brasília, which registers 13 thousand cases. Climate issues, such as heavy rains and intense droughts, are associated with an increase in dengue. according to the infectologist Antonio Bandeira The Brazil Agency.
“Dengue virus (DENV) is an arbovirus transmitted by the bite of the female Aedes aegypti mosquito and has four different serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4)“, explains the Ministry of Health, about what dengue is. The symptoms of the disease are:
- High fever (greater than 38°C);
- Pain in the body and joints;
- Pain behind the eyes;
- malaise;
- Lack of appetite;
- Headache;
- Red spots on the body.
Source: Recreio
