The dynamics of dengue virus serotype 3 introduction and dispersion in the state of Bahia, Brazil

The dynamics of dengue virus serotype 3 introduction and dispersion in the state of Bahia, Brazil

By 2002, dengue virus serotype 1 (DENV-1) and DENV-2 had circulated for more than a decade in Brazil. In 2002, the introduction of DENV-3 in the state of Bahia produced a massive epidemic and the first cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Based on the standardized frequency, timing and location of vir...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto Santana de Melo, Eliana Almeida Gomes Reis, Isolina Allen Ciuffo, Mônica Góes, Ronald Edward Blanton, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2007-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
dengue
emerging diseases
surveillance
Aedes aegypti
public health
modeling
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