Brazil so far this year has registered a record of more than four million cases of denguewith an incidence rate of 2,032 infections per 100,000 inhabitantsbeing classified as the worst epidemic of this virus that it has faced in its history.
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According to the epidemiological bulletin of the Brazilian Ministry of Healthuntil April 28, 2024, the country registered 4.1 million probable cases of denguea number that doubles the figure for 2015 (1.6 million), which was the year with the most infections.
The health portfolio foresees that will end 2024 with a record of nearly 4.4 million cases. The numbers show that the rate of contagion has decelerated sharply in recent weeksafter the end of summer, a time in which heat and humidity encourage the reproduction of the transmitting mosquito: the Aedes aegypti.
This epidemic is attributed to the effects of the climate phenomenon of The boythat raised temperatures and increased rainfall throughout the Brazilian territory.
Last February, Brazil finally became the first country in the world to offer the dengue vaccine through the public health system, although the low number of doses available has limited its application only to girls, boys and adolescents.
