Dengue cases may reach 20,000

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) Updated April 30, 2011 Manila, Philippines - The number of dengue cases in the country is nearing the 20,000 mark, the Department of Health (DOH) said. A report from the National Epidemiology Center (NEC) showed that from Jan. 1 to April 2, a total of 17,228 individuals have contracted dengue. The figure is 0.33 percent higher than the 17,172 cases recorded during the same period in 2010. If you look at the figure by weeks, its going down. That can be expected because it is summer. But the total figure in general is high. The DOH is hopeful that the public would take advantage of summer to prepare for expected further increase in dengue cases during the rainy days.

Dengue cases in Cebu City up by 35-percent since January By Jessica Ann R. Pareja/FPL (The Freeman) Updated August 11, 2010 12:00 AM CEBU, Philippines The number of dengue cases in Cebu City is up by more than 35 percent during the first eight months of this year compared to the same period last year but the mortality rate has gone down. As of August 2, the Cebu City Epidemiology Statistics and Surveillance Unit have only recorded nine deaths since January compared to 13 last year. These came from Barangays Pardo, Bulacao, Calamba, Mabolo, Busay, Punta Princessa and Babag with one fatality each and Tejero with two cases of deaths. The statistics show that Guadalupe already has 59 cases, the highest among the 80 barangays in the city.From January to July this year, the number of cases rose to 820 or 35.51 percent higher than the 606 cases recorded during the same period last year.

El Nio may boost dengue cases By Phoebe Jen Indino February 20, 2010, 5:56pm CEBU CITY Even if dengue cases are traditionally high during the rainy season, or during the period from July to November, a health official here discussed Saturday the possibility that dengue cases may also rise during the hot season especially with the presence of El Nio, as local residents here are expected to save more water using uncovered containers which may serve as good breeding grounds for dengue-carrying mosquitoes. Last year, during the same period, the region posted only 491 cases with nine deaths. Like in previous years, this city has the most number of dengue cases with 217 and six deaths, comprising 30.8 percent of the total number of cases. Dengue season in Philippines is over: officials By Ann Denhig August 11, 2010 The dengue season in the Philippines is officially over, after the infectious disease left 280 dead and 21,537 others infected, officials said on Thursday. This was a bad year for dengue, local reports quoted Eric Tayag, chief government epidemiologist as saying, shortly after the Department of Health (DoH) released its final report on the virus rampage this year. A total of 21,817 people got sick with dengue between Jan. 1 and Oct. 2, when it was the dengue

season, exceeding the 20,000 cases projected by the DoH. The worst dengue outburst in the Philippines recorded 40,000 cases in 1998. Dengue hits Asia By Xianhua April 2, 2009 The number of dengue cases is rising at an alarming rate in some countries across Asia as the rainy season intensifies. Health authorities have reported thousands of cases, including Sri Lanka with 22,000 patients seeking assistance and 29,000 in the Philippines, many in the province of Davao del Sur, which has declared a state of emergency. In Thailand figures have reached 40,000 a five-year high and Malaysia has reported 27,000 cases in the first seven months of the year. There are concerns that numbers are likely to rise In the coming weeks as rains continue. Of 23,000 cases in Vietnam this year, 6,000 where reported in July only, after the rains started. Dengue cases have increased dramatically in recent decades, especially in South East Asia and the Western Pacific. In addition, outbreaks of dengue happen in cyclical manner due to weather changes and virus related reasons says Terhi Heinasmaki, the IFRCs health coordinator for Asia Pacific.

Dry Season Production of Filariasis and Dengue Vectors in American Samoa and Comparison with Wet Season Production By Barrot Lambdin October 15, 2009 Aedes polynesiensis and Ae. aegypti breeding site productivity in two American Samoa villages were analyzed during a dry season survey and compared with a wet season survey. Both surveys identified similar container types producing greater numbers of pupae, with buckets, drums, and tires responsible for > 50% of Aedes pupae during the dry season. The prevalence of containers with Ae. polynesiensis and the density of Ae. polynesiensis in discarded appliances, drums, and discarded plastic ice cream containers were significantly greater during the dry season. Aedes aegypti pupal densities were significantly greater in the dry season in ice cream containers and tires. Significant clustering of the most productive container types by household was only found for appliances. The high productivity for Ae. polynesiensis and Ae. aegypti pupae during the wet and dry seasons suggests that dengue and lymphatic filariasis transmission can occur throughout the year, consistent with the reporting of dengue cases. Detect Climatic Factors Contributing to Dengue Outbreak based on Wavelet, Support Vector Machines and Genetic Algorithm By Lance Waller September 23, 2008 Among all vector-borne diseases, mosquito-borne ones are one of the greatest health threats in the world. It is estimated that about 50 to 100 million people have been infected by dengue virus, which is transmitted to human mainly by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. However, mosquitoes can only survive in certain climate conditions, e.g. the Aedes Aegypti mosquito dies below the temperature of 0C. Round the world, apart from global warming, the climate has displayed enormous short-term abnormalities. This gives greater chances for mosquitoes to survive longer and penetrate.

Factors Contributing to Dengue Fever By Renee Lance March 19, 2008 After the sizzling heat, the first showers of monsoon are wholeheartedly welcomed by everyone. With the repeated spells of rain, the season makes a suitable environment for some microorganisms to grow and produce certain diseases. Due to the high humidity in the air there are various infectious bacteria and viruses which become active and this leads to fever, throat infections, skin infections etc. Mosquito-borne diseases like Dengue, Malaria, water-borne illness like Diarrhoea, Cholera, Influenza and certain fungal skin infections like scabies are very common in rainy season. But the diseases are, fortunately, preventable. Healthy rainy season By Carrie Eldwig July 6, 2008 The most common among the band of illnesses this season is dengue, which becomes fatal many cases leading to early death. To win the battle against dengue, experts advised people to drain away stagnant water around the homes, search and destroy possible breeding grounds of dengue-carrying mosquitoes like old tires, broken vases and bottle caps; wear long sleeve shirts and pants for self-protection.Waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, hepatitis A and typhoid fever also spreads rapidly in this season. Experts pointed out certain ways to avoid these illnesses. They advised to drink only safe and clean water and to boil our drinking water before we take.

The influence of geographic and climate factors on the timing of dengue epidemics in Per, 19942008 By Gerardo Chowell and Bernard Cazelles October 2008 Dengue is highly persistent in jungle areas of Per where epidemics peak most frequently around March when rainfall is abundant. Differences in the timing of dengue epidemics in jungle and coastal regions are significantly associated with the seasonal temperature cycle. Our results suggest that dengue is frequently imported into coastal regions through infective sparks from endemic jungle areas and/or cities of other neighboring endemic countries, where propitious environmental conditions promote year-round mosquito breeding sites. If jungle endemic areas are responsible for multiple dengue introductions into coastal areas, our findings suggest that curtailing the transmission of dengue in these most persistent areas could lead to significant reductions in dengue incidence in coastal areas where dengue incidence typically reaches low levels during the dry season.