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Aedes aegypti

2008: Number of Reported Cases of
Dengue & Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF),
Region of the Americas (by country and subregion)

Figures for 2008 (to week noted by each country*)
(Last Update: Epidemiological Week / EW 15, data received 7 April 2008)

Country or Subregion Weeka Cases of D & DHFb reported Serotyped (%) DHFe Deaths Population x 1,000 (DHF/D) x 100 CFR
Clinical Incidence Ratec Lab. Confirmed Incidence Ratec
North America
United States*** Week 0 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- 0 1,200 0.00 0.00
Subtotal -- 0 -- 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- --
Central America and Mexico
Belize Week 08 3 1.30 -- 0.00 DEN 0 0 231 0.00 0.00
Costa Rica** Week 12 1,404 43.28 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2 15 -- 3,244 1.07 0.00
El Salvadorf Week 13 1,147 17.93 376 5.88 DEN -- -- 6,397 0.00 0.00
Guatemala Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 11,687 0.00 0.00
Honduras Week 13 1,705 25.93 -- 0.00 DEN 180 -- 6,575 10.56 0.00
Mexicof Week 13 1,822 1.82 -- 0.00 DEN 1 424 0 100,368 0.00 0.00
Nicaraguaf Week 05 24 0.46 -- 0.00 DEN 2 1 5,208 0.00 0.00
Panama Week 11 101 3.48 -- 0.00 DEN 1 -- 2,899 0.00 0.00
Subtotal -- 6,206 -- 376 -- -- 622 1 -- -- --
Andean Subregion
Bolivia** Week 08 323 16.15 321 16.05 DEN 2 0 2,000 0.00 0.00
Colombia Week 10 6,264 30.81 -- 0.00 DEN 632 2 20,328 0.00 0.00
Ecuador Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 13,408 0.00 0.00
Peru Week 12 4,124 15.80 661 2.53 DEN 6 0 26,095 0.00 0.00
Venezuela Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 27,481 0.00 0.00
Subtotal -- 10,711 -- 982 -- -- 640 2 -- -- --
Southern Cone
Argentina Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 37,448 0.00 0.00
Brazil Week 12 85,173 49.36 -- 0.00 DEN 406 34 172,559 0.00 0.00
Chile**** Week 09 3 0.07 -- 0.00 DEN 1 0 0 4,537 0.00 0.00
Paraguay Week 08 66 1.17 7 0.12 DEN -- -- 5,636 0.00 0.00
Uruguay*** Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 3,385 0.00 0.00
Subtotal -- 85,242 -- 7 -- -- 406 34 -- -- --
Hispanic Caribbean
Cubag Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 11,254 0.00 0.00
Dominican Republic Week 13 598 7.04 230 2.71 DEN 12 3 8,495 0.00 0.00
Puerto Rico Week 11 976 24.70 -- 0.00 DEN 5 0 3,952 0.00 0.00
Subtotal -- 1,574 -- 230 -- -- 17 3 -- -- --
Caribbean: English-, French-, and Dutch-Speaking*
American Virgin Islands Week -- -- -- -- DEN -- -- -- 0.00 0.00
Anguilla Week 04 1 8.33 -- 0.00 DEN 1 -- -- 12 0.00 0.00
Antigua & Barbuda Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 65 0.00 0.00
Arubag Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 104 0.00 0.00
Bahamasg Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 308 0.00 0.00
Barbados Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 268 0.00 0.00
Bermuda Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 63 0.00 0.00
British Virgin Islandsg Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 24 0.00 0.00
Cayman Islands Week 04 1 2.50 -- 0.00 DEN 2 0 0 40 0.00 0.00
Curaçaog Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 217 0.00 0.00
Dominica Week 08 11 15.49 -- 0.00 DEN 2 0 0 71 0.00 0.00
French Guianaf Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 170 0.00 0.00
Grenada Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 94 0.00 0.00
Guadaloupef Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 431 0.00 0.00
Guyana Week 04 16 2.10 -- 0.00 DEN 0 -- 763 0.00 0.00
Haitig
Jamaica Week 08 106 4.08 -- 0.00 DEN 2 0 2,598 0.00 0.00
Martiniquef Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 386 0.00 0.00
Montserrat Week 08 0 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 8 0.00 0.00
St. Kitts & Nevis Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 38 0.00 0.00
St. Lucia Week 08 14 9.40 -- 0.00 DEN 2 0 0 149 0.00 0.00
St. Vincent & Grenadines Week -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 114 0.00 0.00
Suriname Week 08 3 0.72 -- 0.00 DEN 2 -- 419 0.00 0.00
Trinidad & Tobago Week 08 34 2.62 -- 0.00 DEN 2 0 0 1,300 0.00 0.00
Turks & Caicos Islands Week 04 0 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN 0 0 17 0.00 0.00
Subtotal -- 186 -- 0 -- -- 4 0 -- -- --
TOTAL -- 103,919 -- 1,595 -- -- 1,689 40 480,846 0.00 0.00
Summary by Subregion
Subregion Dengue DHF Deaths
North America 0 0 0
Central America 6,206 622 1
Andean 10,711 640 2
Southern Cone 85,242 406 34
Hispanic Caribbean 1,574 17 3
Caribbean 186 4 0
a Epidemiological week
b Cases of dengue and DHF
c Incidence per 100,000 pop. (to date)
d Serotypes circulating (%)
e Cases of DHF only
f Only confirmed cases reported
g No data reported
* Figures from the English Caribbean provided by the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC)
** Population at risk
*** Imported cases
****Easter Island only
CFR = Case fatality rate of DHF
DHF/D = DHF/D ratio %
Source: Reports to PAHO from the Ministries of Health of the respective countries;
figures from the English-speaking Caribbean provided by the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC).
Regional data compiled by PAHO on the basis of said reports.

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