Epidemiological Update: Dengue in the context of COVID-19 (3 December 2020)
Actualización Epidemiológica: Dengue en el contexto de COVID-19 (3 de diciembre del 2020)
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Between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 47 of 2020, 2,163,354 dengue cases were reported in the Region of the Americas (incidence rate of 221.6 cases per 100,000 population), including 872 deaths. Of these cases, 963,787 (45%) were confirmed by laboratory criteria and 5,197 (0.2%) were classified as severe dengue. The case fatality rate was 0.04%, the lowest recorded in the last 10 years, despite being an epidemiologically complex year for dengue due to the simultaneous pandemic transmission of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Although the cumulative incidence rate as of EW 47 of 2020 for the Region of the Americas is lower than that reported during the epidemic year 2019, it is higher than the incidence rate reported for the 2016-2018 period and it is the highest reported since 2015 in two sub-regions of the Americas: non-Latin Caribbean and Andean Subregion. [...] Entre la semana epidemiológica (SE) 1 y la SE 47 de 2020 en la Región de las Américas se notificaron 2.163.354 casos de dengue (incidencia de 221,6 casos por 100.000 habitantes), incluidas 872 defunciones. De esos casos, 963.787 (45%) fueron confirmados por criterio de laboratorio y 5.197(0,2%) fueron clasificados como dengue grave. La tasa de letalidad fue de 0,04%, la más baja registrada en los últimos 10 años, a pesar de ser un año epidemiológicamente complejo para el dengue por la simultanea transmisión pandémica de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19). Si bien la tasa de incidencia acumulada hasta la SE 47 de 2020 para la Región de las Américas es menor que la registrada durante el año epidémico 2019, la misma supera a la tasa del periodo 2016-2018 y es la más alta registrada desde 2015 en dos subregiones de las Américas: Caribe No Latino y Subregión Andina. [...]
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Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization. Epidemiological Update: Dengue in the context of COVID-19. 3 December 2020, Washington, D.C. PAHO / WHO. 2020 Organización Panamericana de la Salud / Organización Mundial de la Salud. Actualización Epidemiológica: Dengue en el contexto de COVID-19, 3 de diciembre de 2020, Washington, D.C. OPS/OMS. 2020
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