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Characterization of the dengue outbreak in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, 2010.
Infection - 1 Apr 2015
Leduc-Galindo D, Gloria-Herrera U, Rincón-Herrera U, Ramos-Jiménez J, Garcia-Luna S, Arellanos-Soto D, Mendoza-Tavera N, Tavitas-Aguilar I, Garcia-Garcia E, Galindo-Galindo E, Villarreal-Perez J, Fernandez-Salas I, Santiago G A, Muñoz-Jordan J, Rivas-Estilla A M
Abstract excerpt
We studied serotypes circulating dengue virus (DENV) cases, entomological Breteau index, rain-fall index and epidemiology of groups affected during the 2010 outbreak in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. From 2,271 positive cases, 94% were dengue classic and 6% dengue hemorrhagic fever; DENV1 was mainly isolated (99%) (Central-American lineage of American-African-genotype). We found correlation between two environmental...
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