Influenza H1N1 — Brazil
As of 1 Jul 2016, the Ministry of Health in Brazil confirmed that there have been 1233 deaths linked to the ongoing H1N1 influenza outbreak in the country [1].
By comparison, the years of 2014 and 2015 saw only 163 and 36 deaths from H1N1 influenza, respectively. The vast proportion of the deaths this year has emerged from the region of Sao Paolo, where 517 deaths were reported. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state has the 2nd highest proportion of influenza deaths — 142. Other
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