Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil: Dengue Fever Epidemic Plagues Three Countries

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | April 15th, 2009 | Trackback

Argentina’s health minister acknowledged that the country is in the middle of a dengue fever epidemic after denying that the outbreak was so severe. Nearly 8,000 people are officially infected, with the northern province of Chaco having almost half the reported cases. Officials said Argentina’s epidemic is linked to the epidemic in neighboring Bolivia, where some 51,000 cases have been reported. In the Brazilian state of Bahia, 40,000 cases have been reported, with 352 cases in the capital city, Salvador. Bahia has Brazil’s highest rate of infection, but nationwide cases of dengue are down almost 29 percent over the first quarter of last year.

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