Medical records Reduction of dengue, zika and chikungunya cases in Paraíba



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The Secretary of State for Health (SES) published yesterday (4) the indexes of the second epidemiological bulletin of arboviroses. The register showed that 90 suspected cases of dengue fever were recorded from 30 December 2018 to 19 January of this year. Last year, about 158 ​​cases were reported during the same period, a decrease of 43.4%.

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As for the Zika virus, only one case was recorded, while

In the case of chikungunya, 14 cases were recorded, which represents a reduction of 68.89% by report to 2018, where 45 cases were reported.

According to SES, two suspected deaths were reported until the 3rd epidemiological week of January, which are still under investigation pending laboratory results.

The state of health highlights the importance of prevention because the epidemic is due to the proliferation of mosquito Aedes aegypti.

* The information was transmitted to Cariri radio FM (101.1)

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