Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases dropped 27.5% in SP last year – 06/14/2023 – Mônica Bergamo

The number of cases of spotted fever in the state of São Paulo dropped 27.5% in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to a survey by the state secretary of health

There were 63 infections last year, compared to 87 in 2021. Spotted fever is an infectious disease, transmitted by the star tick. If not discovered in time, the patient can progress to death between the 5th and 15th day after the onset of symptoms.

This year, the state recorded 13 infected patients, according to information passed on by municipalities to the Epidemiological Surveillance Center (CVE). The numbers, however, do not include the cases of the current outbreak that occurs in Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo, as they are not yet registered in the system.

The city notified another suspected case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and accounts for five in total until the early afternoon of this Wednesday (14). The patient, a 38-year-old woman, was at Fazenda Santa Margarida at a concert by singer Seu Jorge.

The event with the singer took place on June 3, seven days after Feijoada do Rosa, an event that brought together 3,500 people, according to the organization, and which already accounts for four deaths, three with confirmation of the disease, and a fourth, a teenager. 16 years old, who awaits the result of the laboratory test.

The farm is considered the likely site of infection, according to the city hall, which classifies the condition as an outbreak of the disease.

According to the survey by the secretary of health, the number of deaths had also fallen in 2022: there were 44, against 48 in 2021.

In 2018, the state of São Paulo registered 115 infected, the highest number of cases since the beginning of the historical series in 2007. In 2015, a record year for deaths from the disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever killed 64 people.

Since 2007, the disease has killed 1,215 people in SP.

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