Dengue type 2 outbreak in the south of the State of Bahia, Brazil: laboratorial and epidemiological studies

During March 1994 cases of a exanthematic acute disease were reported in the municipalities of Itagemirim, Eunápolis and Belmonte, state of Bahia. Dengue fever was confirmed by serology (MAC-ELISA) and by dengue virus type 2 isolation, genotype Jamaica. Signs and symptoms of classic dengue fever were observed with a high percentual of rash (73.8%) and pruritus (50.5%). Major haemorrhagic manifestations were unfrequent and only bleeding gum was reported. Dengue virus activity spreaded rapidly to important tourism counties like Porto Seguro, Ilhéus, Santa Cruz de Cabrália, Prado, Alcobaça and others, representing a risk for the spreading of dengue virus into the country and abroad.

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Main Authors:	Nogueira,Rita M. R., Miagostovich,Marize P., Schatzmayr,Hermann G., Moraes,Gerusa C., Cardoso,Floriene M. A., Ferreira,Janete, Cerqueira,Vera, Pereira,Manuel
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1995
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651995000600006
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