Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Dec 2003)

Dengue viruses activity in Piauí, Brazil

  • José Adail Fonseca de Castro,
  • Hélida Monteiro de Andrade,
  • Semiramis Jamil Hadad do Monte,
  • Adalberto Socorro da Silva,
  • Karlla Celma Batista Lima Gomes,
  • Leila Fernandes de Brito e Amaral,
  • Flávio de Oliveira Cipriano,
  • Juciane Vaz do Rego,
  • Marcos Antônio da Mota Araújo,
  • Symonara Karina Medeiros Faustino,
  • Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira,
  • Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr,
  • Marize Pereira Miagostovich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762003000800007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 98, no. 8
pp. 1021 – 1023

Abstract

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The present paper reports a laboratory investigation performed between the years of 2000 and 2002 to stydy a virological surveillance program introduced in the state of Piauí to support an epidemiological survey of the disease. Dengue virus type 3 (DENV-3) existence in the state was detected in May 2002 when a high number of dengue cases due to DENV-1 and DENV-2 were reported. An assessment on the population knowledge about the disease and its transmission showed that almost 50% of the population were still unaware of the epidemiological features of dengue.

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