Caracterización final y lecciones de la epidemia de dengue 3 en Cuba, 2001-2002 Final characterization of and lessons learned from the dengue 3 epidemic in Cuba, 2001-2002

• Main Authors: María G. Guzmán, Otto Peláez, Gustavo Kourí, Ibrahim Quintana, Susana Vázquez, Macdelín Pentón, Luis Carlos Ávila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2006
• Subjects: dengue; fiebre dengue hemorrágica; vigilancia epidemiológica; brotes de enfermedades; Cuba; dengue hemorrhagic fever; epidemiologic surveillance; disease outbreaks; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Sickle
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/94f73ca209b44254bb005753bd990ba9

Over the past 10 years, the American Region has witnessed the reintroduction and dissemination of dengue virus serotype 3. In this paper we describe the main clinical and epidemiologic features of the dengue 3 epidemic that broke out in Cuba between June 2001 and March 2002, as well as the measures...