[Dengue imported from Paraguay to Buenos Aires. Clinical and epidemiological report of 38 cases]. / Dengue importado del Paraguay a Buenos Aires. Estudio clinico y epidemiologico de 38 casos.
Medicina (B Aires)
; 61(2): 137-41, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
Thirty eight patients with classic dengue fever, were studied from December 1999 up to April 2000. All of them acquired the infection in Paraguay; 66% of patients arrived at Buenos Aires metropolitan area within the viremia period. Given Aedes aegypti abundance in the region they represent a high risk for local transmission. Unusual clinical findings in these patients were diarrhea (29%), transitory rise of seric aspartate aminotransferase (52%) and pruritic rash in all cases. Only 15.7% showed a biphasic course and none of the five patients with hemorrhages had a positive loop test. These observations show that dengue fever could be misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis or flue-like illness. These patients remain at risk of suffering hemorrhagic dengue. DEN 1 has not been reported in Buenos Aires. This fact and the unusual number of imported cases, represent a serious public health problem.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_dengue
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3_diarrhea
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3_neglected_diseases
Asunto principal:
Dengue
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Animals
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
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Paraguay
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Medicina (B Aires)
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article