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Between January and September 2024: In Brazil, there were 3 confirmed cases in humans (2 died) in Amazonas, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo. Between July 2023 and June 2024, 1,790 events involving dead monkeys were reported, of which 11 were laboratory-confirmed in the states of Minas Gerais (5) and Rio Grande do Sul (6). In Bolivia, 7 confirmed positive cases were detected (3 died): The cases had a probable place of exposure in the department of La Paz in the municipalities of Caranavi (n= 2 fatal cases), Guanay (n= 1 case), the municipality of San Buenaventura (n= 1 fatal case) and the municipality of Palos Blancos (n= 1 case); and in the department of Santa Cruz, municipality of Porongo (n= 2 cases). Only four of the cases were vaccinated. In Peru, 18 cases were confirmed in men between 18 and 83 years old (9 died). The cases were reported in the departments of Huánuco (1), Junín (3), Madre de Dios (3), San Martín (10), Ucayali (1). In Colombia, 8 confirmed cases were reported (5 died). All were men between 18 and 66 years old. The affected departments were Caquetá (1), Huila (1), Nariño (1), Putumayo (4), Vaupés (1). All the cases mentioned here had a history of exposure to wild and/or forested areas, due to agricultural work activities, among others.
Until this September, the country has accumulated 32 deaths and 18,800 cases of dengue, exceeding what was reported for the same epidemiological week 36 of 2023. This represents 2.5% more than the cases recorded last year. Panama, Colón, Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro are currently the provinces most affected.
The Florida Department of Health has reported one new human case of locally acquired (autochthonous) dengue. This makes Palm Beach County the seventh county in Florida to report a locally acquired dengue case, joining Hillsborough, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Orange and Pasco counties. As of the week ending September 7, 31 indigenous cases had been reported in the state. As of 2009, there were no reports of cases of dengue acquired in Florida since 1934.
In Bolivia, in 2024, until epidemiological week (EW) 35, 7 cases of yellow fever were confirmed, in people between 15 and 64 years of age, of which 3 died. Only two of the cases had a vaccination history, one verbal and the other with a vaccination card; all had a history of migration from wild, forested areas, due to work activities and others. Regarding the two people confirmed with the disease in the municipality of Porongo, one 25 years old and the other 28 years old, the contagion occurred in the urban area. The endemic regions for the disease in Bolivia correspond to the departments of Beni, Santa Cruz, the tropics of Cochabamba, Pando, and the north of La Paz.
Vietnam health authorities reported 106 cases of measles in Ho Chi Minh City the week of August 25, an increase of almost 54% compared to the previous 4-week average. The total number of suspected cases of measles spotted fever accumulated since the beginning of the year is 644. Binh Tan, Binh Chanh and Hoc Mon districts recorded a high number of cases.