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Caribbean Epidemiology Centre
(CAREC/PAHO/WHO)
Laboratory Confirmed 1 Cases of Dengue Fever
All Carec Member Countries
1 9 9 7

COUNTRY Confirmed cases by
Diagnostic Method
Total No. of
Confirmed Cases
By Serology By Virus Isolation
. I II III IV
ANGUILLA - - - - - -
ANTIGUA/BARBUDA - - - - - -
ARUBA - - - - - -
BAHAMAS - - - - - -
BARBADOS 48 13 88 - - 148
BELIZE 18 - - 8 - 26
BERMUDA - - - - - -
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - - - - - -
CAYMAN ISLANDS - - - - - -
DOMINICA - - - - - -
GRENADA 3 - 1 - - 4
GUYANA - - - - - -
JAMAICA - 2 - - - 2
MONTSERRAT - - - - - -
NETHERLANDS - - - - - -
ST LUCIA 2 - - - - 2
ST KITTS & NEVIS 1 - - - - 1
ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 3 1 1 - - 5
SURINAME 2 - - - - 2
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 166 5 98 - 1 264
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS - - - - - -
TOTAL (year to date) 243 21 188 8 1 454
Data Source: CAREC's Laboratory Division

* As at 29th April, 1998
* 1 Some confirmed cases may have been diagnosed by more than one assay.

 

 


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