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Population mobility, demographic, and environmental characteristics of dengue fever epidemics in a major city in Southeastern Brazil, 2007-2015

Around 14% of world dengue virus (DENV) cases occur in the Americas, most of them in Brazil. While socioeconomic, environmental, and behavioral correlates have been analyzed thoroughly, the role played by population mobility on DENV epidemics, especially at the local level, remains scarce. This study ass...

Índices larvais de Aedes aegypti e incidência de dengue: um estudo ecológico no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Resumo: A circulação simultânea da dengue, Zika e chikungunya impõe desafios importantes para o Brasil, que em decorrência das mudanças climáticas e outros fatores associados, estas arboviroses podem expor mais de 2 bilhões de pessoas no mundo, segundo a Organização Mundial da Saúde. A princip...

Autoregressive spatial modeling of possible cases of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in the capital of Northeastern Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika are a growing global health problem. This study analyzed the spatial distribution of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika cases in São Luís, Maranhão, from 2015 to 2016 and investigated the association between socio-environmental and economic factors and ...

Impact of Climate Change on Human Infectious Diseases: Dengue

Abstract Climate is considered an important factor in the temporal and spatial distribution of vector-borne diseases. Dengue transmission involves many factors: although it is not yet fully understood, climate is a critical factor as it facilitates risk analysis of epidemics. This study analyzed the effe...

Factors associated with the occurrence of dengue epidemics in Brazil: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective. To identify and describe broadly the factors related to the occurrence of dengue epidemics in Brazil. Methods. Systematic review of studies published in Medline, Lilacs, PubMed, Cochrane, BVS, Web of Science, Scopus, and thesis and dissertations databases using descriptors cataloged...

Google Trends correlation and sensitivity for outbreaks of dengue and yellow fever in the state of São Paulo

ABSTRACT Objective To assess Google Trends accuracy for epidemiological surveillance of dengue and yellow fever, and to compare the incidence of these diseases with the popularity of its terms in the state of São Paulo. Methods Retrospective cohort. Google Trends survey results were compared to the ...

Entry of dengue virus serotypes and their geographic distribution in Brazilian federative units: a systematic review

Objective: To describe the entry of Dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in Brazil and its federative units. Methods: A systematic review of studies published between 1980 and 2018 in databases and in the gray literature was performed using descriptors related to the years of entry of the DENV serotypes. Addit...

Actualización epidemiológica: Dengue en el contexto de COVID-19 - 3 de diciembre de 2020

Entre la semana epidemiológica (SE) 1 y la SE 47 de 2020 en la Región de las Américas se notificaron 2.163.354 casos de dengue (incidencia de 221,6 casos por 100.000 habitantes), incluidas 872 defunciones. De esos casos, 963.787 (45%) fueron confirmados por criterio de laboratorio y 5.197(0,2%) fueron...

Incidence and spatial distribution of cases of dengue, from 2010 to 2019: an ecological study

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (6), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Dengue is an arbovirus that has caused serious problem in Brazil, putting the public health system under severe stress. Understanding its incidence and spatial distribution is essential for disease control and prevention. OBJECTIVE: To perform an analysis on dengue incidence and sp...

Coinfección Dengue y SARS-COV-2 en paciente HIV positive

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (supl.6), 2020
Resumen El dengue es una arbovirosis confinada a las áreas geográficas donde habitan sus vectores, los mosquitos Aedes aegypti y Aedes albopictus. La transmisión ocurre principalmente durante el verano, pero la persistencia del insecto en el ambiente puede extenderla hasta el otoño en climas templado...