Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.44 número4

Since the reintroduction of dengue fever in 1986, about seven million cases of the disease have been reported in Brazil, thousands of which are considered dengue hemorrhagic

The modes outlined above only apply to Dengue Fever cases. Complicated cases of suspected DHF and DSS should continue to be admissible in the laboratory throughout the outbreak

New cases of DHF were recognized in November in Maracay and subsequently they were reported from most states and from Caracas Federal District, the capital of

Hence, antibody levels appropri- ate for contracting dengue and develop- ing severe symptoms could have been reached in our newborns at an age sev- eral months

Puerto Rico’s dengue prevention and control program relies on more effective surveillance as an early warning system that can predict epidemic dengue, and

Because the criteria for defin- ing cases as DHF/DSS have previously been developed only for children, while the aim of the study reported here was to offer the

No statistically significant differences were found between clinical forms, although IL-6 and IFN- J levels were higher in dengue fever cases than in dengue hemorrhagic fever

Patients with suspected dengue infection were classifi ed further into 2 groups, dengue fever (DF) or dengue hemorrhagic fever and/or dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS), according to