Update on the Malaria Epidemic in the Dominican Republic
(16 December 2004)
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Santo Domingo, Epidemiological Week/EW 49: Despite an intense search for febrile persons in construction sites, hoteles, and businesses in the tourist areas in Altagracia province, only three new cases have been detected there, thus confirming the success of measures taken. In Hato Mayor, no new cases were detected; nevertheless, house-to-house searches will be conducted to find febrile persons in the affected areas, in order to detect any person with a positive diagnosis who might re-establish transmission.
Cumulative Number of Malaria Cases in the Dominican Republic
(by province, to Epidemiological Week / EW 49 ending 12 December 2004)
| Province |
EW 49 |
Cumulative EW 49 |
Cumulative Total |
| 2003 |
2004 |
2003 |
2004 |
2003 |
| Distrito Nacional |
1 |
0 |
14 |
13 |
31 |
| Santo Domingo Este |
0 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
2 |
| Santo Domingo Norte |
1 |
0 |
28 |
7 |
15 |
| Santo Domingo Oeste |
0 |
2 |
67 |
16 |
71 |
| Santo Domingo Boca Chica |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Azua |
1 |
2 |
23 |
173 |
26 |
| Bahoruco |
8 |
0 |
591 |
574 |
678 |
| Barahona |
6 |
2 |
141 |
544 |
195 |
| Dajabón |
6 |
0 |
23 |
55 |
30 |
| Duarte |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Elías
Piña |
4 |
0 |
15 |
21 |
21 |
| El Seybo |
0 |
1 |
35 |
48 |
36 |
| Espaillat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| Independencia |
0 |
1 |
32 |
67 |
49 |
| La
Altagracia |
0 |
3 |
2 |
194 |
4 |
| La
Romana |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
| La Vega |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| María
Trinidad Sánchez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Montecristi |
6 |
0 |
102 |
88 |
112 |
| Pedernales |
0 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
| Peravia |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| Puerto
Plata |
0 |
0 |
16 |
4 |
17 |
| Salcedo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Samaná |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| San
Cristobal |
0 |
4 |
27 |
46 |
26 |
| San Jose
De Ocoa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| San Juan
de la Maguana |
4 |
0 |
48 |
104 |
54 |
| San
Pedro de Macoris |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
3 |
| Sánchez
Ramírez |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Santiago |
0 |
1 |
2 |
25 |
4 |
| Santiago
Rodríguez |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Valverde |
0 |
1 |
130 |
111 |
131 |
| Monseñor
Nouel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Monte
Plata |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Hato
Mayor |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
| Extranjeras |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| National Total |
39 |
17 |
1,319 |
2,177 |
1,529 |
Source: Report to PAHO by the State Secretariat for Public Health, National Center for Tropical Disease Control (Secretaría de Estado de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social, Centro Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Tropicales / CNCET), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, sent 16 December 2004. |
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