Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2000)
Dengue Epidemic in Belém, Pará, Brazil, 1996-97
Abstract
We describe clinical and epidemiologic findings during the first epidemic of dengue fever in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, in 1996-97. Of 40,237 serum samples, 17,440 (43%) were positive for dengue by virus isolation or serologic testing. No hemorrhagic cases or deaths were reported.
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