More than 500 cities with tropical fever outbreaks this summer Science and health

Brazilian health care professionals follow the supervision of prevention, following these basic rules, which everyone knows – without leaving standing water in the plant marshes without leaving waste. Rain, water stays in your pocket: an ideal place for mosquito outbreaks.

The most acute phase of the disease Jeniffer has gone further – but the small dicks and the itchy body still make it difficult. "They say it's the last step to paint the whole body, and it also scratches a lot," he says.

Leoni was a hemorrhagic tropical fever. "There are a lot of trash, it's a lot of trash, and there are many people who don't care about the yards, you need to pay more attention to these things because the business is serious, I'm bad.

Jeniffers and Leoni are one of the more than 29,000 cases of dengue reported last year by the Health Department. In Goiás, the number of tropical fever cases increased by almost 32%. Last year, there were 63,000 confirmed cases with 64 deaths – 43,000 cases and 53 deaths in 2017.

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According to data from the Ministry of Health, the Midwest region had the highest number of suspected cases last year: 93,000.

In the Bauru state in Sao Paulo last year, 132 cases of dengue were recorded. There are already 62 cases of illness this year. The prefecture even prepared an additional structure with wetting rooms only for the victims of tropical fever.

This apartment in Taquara, in the western part of Rio de Janeiro, home to 300 families, lives in a zika and chikungunya epidemic. Things in the house of Don Rosacgel became ugly. "For the whole family, all, chikungunya happened – my mother, who is 86 years old, is my daughter, my son, my second son. My grandchild, my granddaughter," she says.

The biggest problem is with chikungunya. In 2018, the number of victims in Belem has more than tripled compared to 2017. Three out of four people living in Mrs Larissa's home were ill. "Many pains in the joints, shoulders, knees and legs. To this day I still feel my legs," he says.

Brazil is one of the 504 cities that are at risk of tropical fever, chikungunia and zika. Healthcare workers find more outbreaks of mosquitoes at home.

Northern Lake, one of the most expensive places in Brazil, is one of the places where tropical fever was found most. Although the federal county property invasion index was 1.48% of the homes visited, this figure reached 8.74%, which is already considered a risk situation when it comes to mosquito infestation. To strengthen the fight against mosquito, the health department will have 350 environmental observers and 400 firefighters.

The Ministry of Health reported that it should fight Aedes aegypti are carried out throughout the year with countries and municipalities, as well as providing technical support and delivery such as larvicides to combat mosquitoes as well as vehicles for smoke and diagnosis. Thousand trucks were distributed in December to reinforce surveillance services.