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Epidemiological Update: Measles (1 March 2021)
(PAHO, 2021)
In 2021, between epidemiological week (EW)1 and EW 6, one country and one territory in the Region of the Americas have reported confirmed cases of measles: Brazil with 54 confirmed cases and French Guiana with 2 confirmed ...
Epidemiological Alert, Acute Diarrheal Syndrome and Identification of Two Cholera Cases in the Municipality of São Bento do Una, Pernambuco State, Brazil (24 April 2004)
(PAHO, 2004)
From Epidemiological Weeks (EWs) 4 to 11, an increase in the number of cases of acute diarrhea has been detected in the municipality of São Bento do Una, state of Pernambuco, Brazil, similar to the peak that occurred during ...
Epidemiological Update: Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the Americas (24 March 2021)
(PAHO, 2021)
At the global level, a constant change is observed in the proportion of predominant clades since the start of the pandemic to date. As of 5 July 2020, 49% of the samples available through GISAID were associated with the ...
Epidemiological Alert, Cholera (27 October 2010)
(PAHO, 2010)
Starting in Epidemiological Week (EW) 41, an increase in acute diarrhea cases, with severe cases and deaths, was observed in the departments of Artibonite and Central. In EW 42, isolation of V. cholerae O: 1 serotype Ogawa ...
Epidemiological Alert Yellow Fever (9 January 2017)
(PAHO, 2017)
In 2016, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru reported confirmed cases of yellow fever. Brazil confirmed six human yellow fever cases in 20161 and the number of epizootics, especially in the state of São Paulo, increased considerably ...
Epidemiological Update: Occurrence of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the Americas (20 January 2021)
(PAHO, 2021)
The appearance of mutations is a natural and expected event within the evolution of the virus. Since the initial genomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2, the virus has been divided into different genetic groups or clades. ...
Epidemiological Alert, Dengue Outbreak in Brazil Concentrated in Mato Grosso do Sul (12 February 2007)
(PAHO, 2007)
Up to Epidemiological Week (EW) 3, 20 January 2007, the following was reported 21,444 cases of dengue, which represents an increase of 20% when compared with the same period in 2006 (preliminary results, seeing that the ...
Epidemiological Update, Zika (15 December 2016)
(PAHO, 2016)
To date, 48 countries and territories in the Americas have confirmed autochthonous, vector-borne transmission of Zika virus disease since 2015. In addition, five countries in the Americas have reported sexually transmitted ...
Epidemiological Update, Seasonal influenza in North America (2 January 2014)
(PAHO, 2014)
The 2013-2014 circulation of seasonal influenza in the northern hemisphere began officially in epidemiological week (EW) 40 of 2013, with an increase in the number of influenza-like illness (ILI) and hospitalizations ...
Epidemiological Update, Cholera (6 August 2018)
(PAHO, 2018)
In 2017, a total of 13,803 suspected cases of cholera were reported on the island of Hispaniola: 13,681 cases (including 159 deaths) in Haiti and 122 cases (including 4 deaths) in the Dominican Republic.