Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2000)

Dengue Epidemic in Belém, Pará, Brazil, 1996-97

  • Amélia P.A. Travassos da Rosa,
  • Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos,
  • Elizabeth S. Travassos da Rosa,
  • Sueli G. Rodrigues,
  • Bernard Mondet,
  • Ana C.R. Cruz,
  • Maria R. Sousa,
  • Jorge F.S. Travassos da Rosa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0603.000311
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 298 – 301

Abstract

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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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