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Detección del virus del dengue en larvas y pupas de Aedes aegypti recolectadas en áreas rurales del municipio de Anapoima, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Biomédica (Bogotá); 37 (supl.2), 2017
Resumen Introducción. La incidencia y la prevalencia del dengue en Cundinamarca son elevadas y, recientemente, se detectó Aedes aegypti en algunas áreas rurales del departamento. Objetivo. Evaluar la transmisión transovárica del virus del dengue en larvas y pupas recolectadas en áreas rurales d...

Características del virus del dengue y su pronóstico bioclimático en el Departamento de Cortés
Characteristic of the dengue virus and its bioclimatic prognosis in Cortés Department

Medisan; 21 (9), 2017
Se efectuó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal en el Departamento de Cortés, en Honduras, durante el período de 2003 a 2013, con vistas a determinar las características del dengue en esta región, describir su historicidad y desarrollar un modelo matemático de pronóstico basado en v...

The economic impact of providing dengue vaccination in the workplace in Brazil

J. bras. econ. saúde (Impr.); 9 (Suplemento 1), 2017
Objective: To estimate the economic value of implementing a workplace dengue vaccination program from an employer perspective. Methods: The cost of a vaccination program was compared with the economic benefits in terms of reduced absenteeism and presenteeism in companies in Brazil. Input data were obtain...

Dengue em gestantes: caracterização dos casos no Brasil, 2007-2015

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 26 (3), 2017
OBJETIVO: caracterizar os casos prováveis de dengue em gestantes notificados no Brasil, de 2007 a 2015. MÉTODOS: estudo descritivo das características sociodemográficas, epidemiológicas, clínicas e laboratoriais, com dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan). RESULTADOS...

Alert: Severe cases and deaths associated with Chikungunya in Brazil

Abstract Since the detection of the Chikungunya virus in America in 2013, two million cases of the disease have been notified worldwide. Severe cases and deaths related to Chikungunya have been reported in India and Reunion Island, estimated at 1 death per 1,000 inhabitants. Joint involvement in the acut...

Surveillance of deaths caused by arboviruses in Brazil: from dengue to chikungunya

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (8), 2017
Did death occur DUE TO dengue, or in a patient WITH dengue virus infection? It seems a matter of semantics, but in fact, it underscores how challenging it is to distinguish whether the disease contributed to death, or was itself the underlying cause of death. Can a death be attributed to chikungunya viru...

Viruses vector control proposal: genus Aedes emphasis

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (4), 2017
Abstract The dengue fever is a major public health problem in the world. In Brazil, in 2015, there were 1,534,932 cases, being 20,320 cases of severe form, and 811 deaths related to this disease. The distribution of Aedes aegypti, the vector, is extensive. Recently, Zika and Chikungunya viruses had arise...

Bilateral acute angle closure in a patient with dengue fever: a case report

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT We report the case of a 46-year-old female patient who presented with bilateral acute angle closure during the course of dengue infection. Dengue diagnosis was confirmed by serological tests. The patient had plateau iris configuration identified by ultrasound biomicroscopy. This is the second re...

Actividad en suero de CK y CK-MB en pacientes con infección por el virus dengue

Rev. salud pública; 19 (4), 2017
RESUMEN Objetivo Determinar la actividad en suero de CK y CK-MB en pacientes con dengue. Métodos Se realizó un estudio de corte en el Departamento de Antioquia. La población de estudio estuvo constituida por 54 pacientes con diagnóstico de dengue y por 10 controles sanos. A todos los participantes ...

Molecular detection of mixed infections with multiple dengue virus serotypes in suspected dengue samples in Tamaulipas, Mexico

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (7), 2017
This study aimed to detect dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in serum samples obtained in Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico, and to determine the concordance of conventional nested reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and a serological test [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA NS1)]. Here...