Secondary infection as a risk factor for dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome: an historical perspective and role of antibody-dependent enhancement of …

MG Guzman, M Alvarez, SB Halstead - Archives of virology, 2013 - Springer
Today, dengue viruses are the most prevalent arthropod-borne viruses in the world. Since
the 1960s, numerous reports have identified a second heterologous dengue virus (DENV) …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological trends of dengue disease in Brazil (2000–2010): a systematic literature search and analysis

MG Teixeira, JB Siqueira Jr, GLC Ferreira… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
A literature survey and analysis was conducted to describe the epidemiology of dengue
disease in Brazil reported between 2000 and 2010. The protocol was registered on …

[HTML][HTML] The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases

PJ Hotez, M Alvarado, MG Basáñez… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) and the
accompanying collection of Lancet articles in December 2012 provided the most …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of dengue in the Americas over the last three decades: a worrisome reality

JL San Martín, O Brathwaite, B Zambrano… - The American journal …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We have reported the epidemic patterns of dengue disease in the Region of the Americas
from 1980 through 2007. Dengue cases reported to the Pan American Health Organization …

Successes and failures in the control of infectious diseases in Brazil: social and environmental context, policies, interventions, and research needs

ML Barreto, MG Teixeira, FI Bastos, RAA Ximenes… - The lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Despite pronounced reductions in the number of deaths due to infectious diseases over the
past six decades, infectious diseases are still a public health problem in Brazil. In this report …

The epidemic of Zika virus–related microcephaly in Brazil: detection, control, etiology, and future scenarios

MG Teixeira… - … journal of public …, 2016 - ajph.aphapublications.org
We describe the epidemic of microcephaly in Brazil, its detection and attempts to control it,
the suspected causal link with Zika virus infection during pregnancy, and possible scenarios …

Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean and their implications for development

CPO Reyer, S Adams, T Albrecht, F Baarsch… - Regional Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
This paper synthesizes what is known about the physical and biophysical impacts of climate
change and their consequences for societies and development under different levels of …

Dengue.

J Whitehorn, J Farrar - British medical bulletin, 2010 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
INTRODUCTION: Dengue is a vector-borne viral infection that endangers an estimated 2.5
billion people. Disease caused by dengue ranges from a relatively minor febrile illness to a …

Epidemiological scenario of dengue in Brazil

RCG Fares, KPR Souza, G Añez… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Dengue is the most important reemerging mosquito‐borne viral disease worldwide. It is
caused by any of four Dengue virus types or serotypes (DENV‐1 to DENV‐4) and is …

[HTML][HTML] 30 years of fatal dengue cases in Brazil: a review

PCG Nunes, RP Daumas, JC Sánchez-Arcila… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Over the last 30 years, extensive dengue epidemics have occurred in Brazil,
characterized by emergences and re-emergences of different serotypes, a change in the …