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Dengue, zika, chikungunya y el desarrollo de vacunas
Dengue, zika, chikungunya and the development of vaccines

Medicina (B.Aires); 78 (1), 2018
Dengue (DENV), zika (ZIKV) y chikungunya (CHIKV), tres arbovirosis transmitidas por mosquitos Aedes, se han propagado en las últimas décadas en zonas tropicales y subtropicales húmedas. El dengue es epidémico en áreas subtropicales de la Argentina. Después de la infección por DENV hay inmunidad du...

Hemofagocitosis secundaria a dengue
Hemophagocytosis secondary to dengue fever

Medicina (B.Aires); 78 (1), 2018
La infección por el virus del dengue constituye un problema de salud pública mundial. Causada por un virus de la familia Flaviviridae, presenta un amplio espectro clínico, desde formas asintomáticas frecuentes hasta las formas graves de fiebre hemorrágica y shock por fuga capilar. Existen cuatro ser...

Building Infestation Index for Aedes aegypti and occurrence of dengue fever in the municipality of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, from 2001 to 2016

Abstract INTRODUCTION: the Building Infestation Index (BII) uses the Rapid Assay of the Larval Index for Aedes aegypti (LIRAa) to express the relationship between positive and surveyed properties. We evaluated LIRAa and the relationship between the BII and climate variables for dengue cases in Foz do Ig...

Pathogen-insect interaction candidate molecules for transmission-blocking control strategies of vector borne diseases

Salud pública Méx; 60 (1), 2018
Abstract: Objective: To analyze the current knowledge of pathogen-insect interactions amenable for the design of molecular-based control strategies of vector-borne diseases. Materials and methods: We examined malaria, dengue, and Chagas disease pathogens and insect molecules that participate in inter...

Design and efficacy of an Ecohealth competency-based course on the prevention and control of vector diseases in Latin America

Salud pública Méx; 60 (1), 2018
Abstract: Objective: To design and analyze the efficacy of an Ecohealth competency-based course on the prevention and control of vector-borne-diseases for specific stakeholders. Materials and methods: Multiple stakeholders and sectors of the region were consulted to identify Ecohealth group-specific ...

Association of dengue fever with Aedes spp. abundance and climatological effects

Salud pública Méx; 60 (1), 2018
Abstract: Objective: To analyze the association of dengue fever incidence with Aedes mosquito's abundance, and the effect of climatological and geographical variables, in a region in Morelos State, Mexico. Materials and methods: Weekly data during the period 2010 to 2014 was used. Mosquito abundance ...

Spatial analysis and climatic factors related to dengue in a small municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Objective: to analyze the relationship of climatic variables, temperature and rainfall, - with dengue, in addition to identifying possible areas of greater spatial concentration of confirmed dengue cases. Methods: This is an ecological study with secondary data in the city of Ubirajara / SP. The confirme...

Trinta anos de dengue no Ceará: história, contribuições para ciência e desafios no cenário atual com tripla circulação de arbovírus

Introdução: Embora os primeiros casos de dengue no estado do Ceará tenham ocorrido em 1986, há registros da presença do mosquito Aedes aegypti desde os anos de 1851/1852. Mesmo após 30 anos, a dengue permanece como um problema grave de saúde pública com epidemias cada vez mais frequentes. Objetiv...

Transmission of dengue virus from deceased donors to solid organ transplant recipients: case report and literature review

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Dengue fever is a vector-transmitted viral infection. Non-vectorial forms of transmission can occur through organ transplantation. We reviewed medical records of donors and recipients with suspected dengue in the first post-transplant week. We used serologic and molecular analysis to confirm the...

Seroprevalencia en una zona de hiperendemia por dengue, Barranquilla, Colombia

Aquichan; 18 (1), 2018
RESUMEN Objetivo: Estimar seroprevalencia de anticuerpos IgG e IgM para dengue y factores asociados. Método: estudio transversal, mediante la aplicación de encuesta y estimación serológica para IgG e IgM para dengue en mayores de 15 años con representabilidad por localidad y sexo. 478 sujetos en...