Dengue in the Americas and Southeast Asia: do they differ? El dengue en las Américas y el sudeste asiático: ¿son diferentes?

• Main Author: Scott B. Halstead
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2006
• Subjects: Arbovirus; dengue; fiebre dengue hemorrágica; genética; las Américas; Asia sudoriental; Arboviruses; dengue hemorrhagic fever; genetics; Americas; Asia; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Aun; Sudeste
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/2ebdc4aac5e04c4fa0ca5da990456402

The populations of Southeast Asia (SE Asia) and tropical America are similar, and all four dengue viruses of Asian origin are endemic in both regions. Yet, during comparable 5-year periods, SE Asia experienced 1.16 million cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), principally in children, whereas in...