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...
Aedes/virología,
Virus del Dengue/aislamiento & purificación,
Mosquitos Vectores/virología,
Colombia/epidemiología,
Dengue/epidemiología,
Dengue/transmisión,
Virus del Dengue/clasificación,
Virus del Dengue/genética,
Geografía Médica,
Vivienda,
Larva/virología,
Pupa/virología,
ARN Viral/análisis,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa,
Salud Rural,
Serotipificación
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...