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Aedes aegypti

1995: Number of Reported Cases of
Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF)*,
Region of the Americas (by country)

Provisional figures for confirmed or suspected cases,
to week noted by each country

Country

Week of Report

Dengue & DHF

Serotype

DHF only

Deaths

Bolivia

Week 52

7

 

-

-

Brazil

Week 52

124,887

DEN 1, 2

112

2

Colombia

Week 52

51,059

DEN 1, 2, 4

1,028

14

Ecuador

Week 52

6,607

DEN 1, 2, 4

-

-

Paraguay

Week 52

-

 

-

-

Peru

Week 52

2,732

DEN 1, 2

-

-

Venezuela

Week 52

32,280

DEN 1, 2, 4

5,380

43

Costa Rica

Week 52

5,134

DEN 1, 3

1

-

El Salvador

Week 52

9,658

DEN 1, 2, 3, 4

129

5

Guatemala

Week 52

3,980

DEN 1, 2, 3, 4

1

-

Honduras

Week 52

27,575

DEN 1, 2, 3, 4

15

3

Mexico

Week 52

36,568

DEN 1, 2, 3, 4

539

30

Nicaragua

Week 52

19,260

DEN 1, 2, 3

806

-

Panama

Week 52

3,083

DEN 1, 3

3

1

Dominican Republic**

Week 52

249

 

38

2

Haiti

Week 52

-

 

-

-

Puerto Rico

Week 52

6,534

DEN 1, 2, 4

43

4

United States**

Week 52

7

 

-

-

English and French Caribbean

Anguila

Week 52

4

 

-

-

Antigua & Barbados

Week 52

56

DEN 1

-

-

Aruba**

Week 52

37

 

-

-

Bahamas

Week 52

1

 

-

-

Barbados

Week 52

976

DEN 1

2

1

Belize

Week 52

107

 

-

-

Bermuda

Week 52

-

 

-

-

British Virgin Islands

Week 52

9

 

-

-

Cayman Islands

Week 52

1

 

-

-

Dominica

Week 52

293

DEN 1, 2

11

-

French Guiana

Week 52

896

DEN 1, 4

1

-

Grenada

Week 52

74

DEN 1

1

-

Guadaloupe**

Week 52

156

DEN 1, 2

7

3

Guyana

Week 52

-

 

-

-

Jamaica

Week 52

1,884

DEN 1, 2

108

4

Martinique**

Week 52

519

DEN 2, 4

3

1

Montserrat

Week 52

75

DEN 1

-

-

St. Kitts/Nevis

Week 52

27

 

-

-

St. Lucia

Week 52

52

 

-

-

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Week 52

224

DEN 1, 2

-

-

Suriname

Week 52

344

DEN 4

-

-

Trinidad & Tobago

Week 52

312

DEN 1, 2

-

-

Turks & Caicos Islands

Week 52

-

 

-

-

Total

  

335,667

 

8,228

113
Summary by Subregion
Subregion

Dengue

DHF

Deaths

Andean Region

92,685

6,408

57

Central America

105,365

1,494

39

Southern Cone

124,887

112

2

Caribbean

11,483

213

15
* Confirmed or suspected.
- No cases/deaths reported
** All dengue cases in these countries/territories were laboratory confirmed.
Source: Country reports to PAHO of data originating from the respective Ministries of Health;
regional data compiled by PAHO from said reports.