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SOROCABA – The municipality of São Joaquim da Barra, in the interior of São Paulo, confirmed the second death by dengue serious in less than a week. The victim, a 79-year-old woman, died Tuesday at the age of 22 after being hospitalized in a serious condition at Santa Casa in the city. On Monday 21, a 9-year-old girl had already died of the disease.
In both cases, the cause of death appears in the act of death, but the state secretary for health believes that it is necessary to wait for a new examination to prove the cause. According to the portfolio's disease control coordinator, Marcos Boulos, serotype 2 of the virus, which occurs in the interior of São Paulo, may be caused by a severe dengue fever, formerly known as dengue haemorrhagic fever, with a higher concentration in the northwestern and northern regions, where is São Joaquim da Barra.
According to municipal health surveillance officer Marcos Guedes, the city council has intensified mutilations in neighborhoods for the removal of mosquito breeding sites. Aedes aegypti transmitter of the disease, in houses and grounds.
The municipality also carries out nocturnal nebulization of the streets with an insecticide. During the first 15 days of the year, the city of 51,400 inhabitants recorded 113 suspected cases of dengue and has already confirmed 36.
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