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Sequential episodes of dengue--Puerto Rico, 2005-2010.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 2014
Sharp Tyler M, Hunsperger Elizabeth, Muñoz-Jordán Jorge L, Margolis Harold S, Tomashek Kay M
Abstract excerpt
Of 53,633 suspected dengue cases reported to a passive dengue surveillance system in Puerto Rico during 2005-2010, 949 individuals were reported on more than one occasion and 21 had laboratory-confirmed dengue on two separate occasions. Median time between illness episodes was 2.9 years (range: 62 days-5.3 years). Seventeen (81%) individuals with sequential episodes of dengue were male, and seven (33%) were...
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