Diseases | Dengue is spreading in the Americas, the epidemic perhaps the worst in the region

Dengue infection has been diagnosed this year in North, Central and South America, triple the number compared to the same period last year. This was reported on Thursday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a regional organization of the World Health Organization, according to Reuters news agency.

According to PAHO, the situation is worst in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that causes high fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and muscle aches. In the most severe cases, it can cause fatal bleeding.

PAHO has already confirmed around 3.5 million dengue fever cases this year in North, Central and South America, Reuters reports. In addition, more than 1,000 people have died due to dengue. In the whole of last year, 4.5 million cases were reported from the same area.

PAHO describes the situation as possibly the worst disease epidemic spread by mosquitoes in the region.

World the health organization has warned that dengue fever and other viral diseases spread by mosquitoes will increase with climate change.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about four billion people, or about half of the world's population, live in areas at risk of dengue fever.

At the beginning of the year, it was reported that that 1,705 people died of dengue in Bangladesh last year. According to official figures, never before have so many people died in the country from a mosquito-borne disease.