[HTML][HTML] Dengue: a growing problem with new interventions

JM Wong, LE Adams, AP Durbin, JL Muñoz-Jordán… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Dengue is the disease caused by 1 of 4 distinct, but closely related dengue viruses (DENV-1–
4) that are transmitted by Aedes spp. mosquito vectors. It is the most common arboviral …

Monitoring human arboviral diseases through wastewater surveillance: challenges, progress and future opportunities

WL Lee, X Gu, F Armas, M Leifels, F Wu, F Chandra… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Arboviral diseases are caused by a group of viruses spread by the bite of infected
arthropods. Amongst these, dengue, Zika, west nile fever and yellow fever cause the …

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 …

Contributions from the silent majority dominate dengue virus transmission

QA Ten Bosch, HE Clapham, L Lambrechts… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Despite estimates that, each year, as many as 300 million dengue virus (DENV) infections
result in either no perceptible symptoms (asymptomatic) or symptoms that are sufficiently …

Current challenges and implications for dengue, chikungunya and Zika seroprevalence studies worldwide: A scoping review

C Fritzell, D Rousset, A Adde, M Kazanji… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Arboviral infections are a public health concern and an escalating problem
worldwide. Estimating the burden of these diseases represents a major challenge that is …

[HTML][HTML] Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, Brazil, 1981–2002

JB Siqueira Jr, CMT Martelli, GE Coelho… - Emerging infectious …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the last 5 years, Brazil has accounted for≈ 70% of reported dengue fever cases in the
Americas. We analyzed trends of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) from the …

[HTML][HTML] Dengue no Brasil: situação epidemiológica e contribuições para uma agenda de pesquisa

ML Barreto, MG Teixeira - Estudos avançados, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
A situação epidemiológica da dengue no Brasil é apresentada, mostrando-se a introdução
e a dispersão do vetor e dos diferentes sorotipos do vírus no Brasil. No presente momento …

Dengue: twenty-five years since reemergence in Brazil

MG Teixeira, MCN Costa, F Barreto… - Cadernos de saúde …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
This article revisits the epidemiology of dengue in Brazil, 25 years after its reemergence in
the country, discussing the main determinants and implications for its control. The authors …

Seroprevalence and risk factors for dengue infection in socio-economically distinct areas of Recife, Brazil

C Braga, CF Luna, CMT Martelli, WV De Souza… - Acta tropica, 2010 - Elsevier
Brazil currently accounts for the majority of dengue cases reported in the Americas, with co-
circulation of DENV 1–3. Striking variation in the epidemiological pattern of infection within …

[HTML][HTML] Aedes aegypti larval indices and risk for dengue epidemics

L Sanchez, V Vanlerberghe, L Alfonso… - Emerging infectious …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We assessed in a case-control study the test-validity of Aedes larval indices for the 2000
Havana outbreak." Cases" were blocks where a dengue fever patient lived during the …