The recent outbreaks of Chikungunya (CHIK-V) virus in endemic areas of dengue (DEN-V) could increase the risk of co-infection. CHIK infection has been considered not severe and with very unusual mortality, however DEN is associated with severe manifestations and increased mortality. Little is known about...
OBJECTIVES: Dengue cases range from asymptomatic to severe, eventually leading to hospitalization and death. Timely and appropriate management is critical to reduce morbidity. Since 1980, dengue has spread throughout Brazil, affecting an increasing number of individuals. This paper describes age and regi...
Resumo A dengue é um dos principais desafios de saúde pública no Brasil e as atividades de prevenção e controle dessa patologia vêm sendo baseadas na estratégia de gestão integrada proposta em políticas de saúde, nas quais os atores centrais são o Agente de Combate à Endemias (ACE) e o Agente...
Dengue was first diagnosed on Easter Island on year 2002 and thereafter recurrent outbreaks have occurred involving different serotypes of dengue virus. Its vector, Aedes aegypti has not been eliminated despite the small size of the island. Conditions at the local hospital preclude adequate management of...
We have developed a study in the Embera-Katío indigenous community and we found that the seropositivity for IgG antibodies to Leptospira spp. was 18.1%; to dengue was 61.1%; to arenavirus was 3.1% and to hantavirus was 1.5%. We conclude that this indigenous community live in conditions that promote the ...
Introducción: El Dengue es una enfermedad infecciosa, sistémica y dinámica. Es una sola enfermedad, con diferentes presentaciones clínicas y evolución impredecible. Se hizo endémica en Paraguay desde el año 2002; el objetivo de este trabajo es determinar las características clínicas y epidemiol...
Abstract: Dengue infection has not been routinely investigated among pregnant women and parturients with acute febrile syndrome in endemic settings. Here, we report two cases of dengue fever detected at the time of delivery in parturients enrolled in a cohort prospective study conducted in a hospital in ...
