The number of dengue fever cases in Brazil has exceeded 55 thousand people

In the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro continues dengue epidemic. In the past ten days, the number of cases rose from 30 to 55 thousand people. According to local authorities, the victims of dangerous tropical disease at least 67 residents of the state, have diagnoses, another 58 victims have not yet been confirmed. All deceased - children under the age of 13. The sharp increase in the incidence of dengue fever in Rio de Janeiro since the beginning of the year observed. Another outbreak differs spread rapidly, and an unusually high incidence of a particularly hazardous types of hemorrhagic fever. Fight at the beginning of last week's tropical viral disease Brazilian army units and firefighters were recruited. Medical and military insecticide treated ponds and pools, in the mature larvae infection peddler - tropical mosquito Aedes aegypti. Local doctors still can not wait to deal with the influx of patients patseintov in hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, 8-28 hours. Every minute in the state recorded 1.4 new cases. Seasonal outbreaks of dengue registered in South America almost every year, but in recent years has significantly increased the scale. In the past year, according to the U.S. Center for Infectious Disease Control, the disease struck more than 900 000 inhabitants of the continent.