Brazil, dengue cases on the rise

Brazil recorded 999,688 cases of dengue in 2010, more than triple of last year cases, while deaths totaled 572, more than double in 2009, according to figures released Monday. Preliminary statistics on the disease in 2010 show that the southeast was the worst hit, with 473,994 cases, compared with 106,942 in 2009, followed by the south, where cases increased from 1,653 to 42,707 during the two-year period. Read Article