Review Article

Epidemiological Scenario of Dengue in Brazil

Table 1

Dengue cases and DENV serotypes reported in Brazil in 2014.

Geographical regions and statesNumber of inhabitantsNumber of cases reportedSerotypes confirmed

Southeast region85,505,375312,318
 Minas Gerais (MG)20,813,17259,222DENV-1, DENV-3, and DENV-4
 Espírito Santo (ES)3,906,64819,223DENV-1, DENV-4
 Rio de Janeiro (RJ)16,520,6877,823DENV-1, DENV-4
 São Paulo (SP)44,264,868226,040DENV-1, DENV-2, and DENV-4
Midwest region15,344,314114,814
 Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)2,638,4523,594DENV-1, DENV-2, and DENV-4
 Mato Grosso (MT)3,247,3777,232ND
 Goiás (GO)6,574,21992,311DENV-1, DENV-4
 Distrito Federal (DF)2,884,26611,677DENV-1
Northeast region41,228,54690,192
 Maranhão (MA)6,876,0252,416ND
 Piauí (PI)3,200,7257,665DENV-1
 Ceará (CE)8,883,73922,974DENV-1, DENV-3, and DENV-4
 Rio Grande do Norte (RN)3,428,43011,285DENV-1, DENV-2, and DENV-4
 Paraíba (PB)3,957,8585,575DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4
 Pernambuco (PE)9,315,66010,446DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4
 Alagoas (AL)3,332,65413,275ND
 Sergipe (SE)2,233,4552,275DENV-1, DENV-4
 Bahia (BA)15,170,62514,281DENV-1, DENV-4
North region17,367,55449,534
 Rondônia (RO)1,760,1862,104DENV-1, DENV-4
 Acre (AC)797,67628,931DENV-1
 Amazonas (AM)3,910,6476,472DENV-4
 Roraima (RR)503,1161,181DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4
 Pará (PA)8,127,7444,833DENV-1, DENV-2, and DENV-4
 Amapá (AP)760,6341,958DENV-1
 Tocantins (TO)1,507,5514,055DENV-1, DENV-4
South region29,131,20324,222
 Paraná (PR)11,133,58723,924DENV-1, DENV-4
 Santa Catarina (SC)6,758,785141ND
 Rio Grande do Sul (RS)11,238,831157DENV-1, DENV-4

Number of dengue cases and DENV serotypes reported in Brazil in 2014 by the Ministry of Health. Data are organized by geographical regions and the states they include. Data obtained in http://www.ibge.gov.br/apps/populacao/projecao/index.html (last accessed on January 30, 2015). Data reported by Brazilian Ministry of Health until the epidemiological week 53—12/28/14 to 01/03/15. Source: http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br (last accessed on May 20, 2015). ND: not determined.