Dengue as a growing global health concern

Abstract

According to WHO's new global dengue surveillance system (launched May, 2024), there have been approximately 13 million reported cases (almost 42,000 of them severe) and over 8700 dengue-related reported deaths worldwide since the beginning of 2024. All WHO regions are affected, with 90 countries having known active transmission. Most cases have been reported in tropical and subtropical areas where the virus is endemic: region of the Americas (12,026,698 cases and 7152 deaths), South-East Asia region (357,808 cases and 1379 deaths) and Western Pacific region (219,441 cases and 154 deaths).

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