| Prevalence of febrile syndromes in dengue surveillance, havana city, 2007. | |
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PMID: 21654591 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Translated from the Spanish and reprinted with permission from the Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología, Vol 48 No 18, Jan-Apr 2010. Original available at: http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/hie/vol_48_1_10/hie02110.htm ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Determine point prevalence of febrile syndromes and compare with prevalence reported by habitual clinical and seroepidemiologic dengue surveillance system in Havana City. METHODS In October 2007, a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in a representative sample, calculating prevalences of febrile syndromes and undifferentiated febrile syndromes. Chi-square analysis was used for rate comparisons. RESULTS Point prevalences of febrile syndromes and undifferentiated febrile syndromes were 352.6 and 144.2 times greater, respectively, than those reported by the habitual clinical and seroepidemiologic dengue surveillance system; these differences were statistically significant (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Point prevalence of febrile syndromes was far greater than prevalence reported by the habitual clinical and seroepidemiologic dengue surveillance system, an indication of underreporting. KEYWORDS fever, undifferentiated fever, dengue, dengue fever, dengue/epidemiology, seroepidemiologic studies, Cuba. |
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Otto Peláez; Lizet Sánchez; Pedro Más; Suzette Pérez; Gustavo Kourí; María G Guzmán |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: MEDICC review Volume: 13 ISSN: 1555-7960 ISO Abbreviation: MEDICC Rev Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-06-09 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100964771 Medline TA: MEDICC Rev Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 47-51 Citation Subset: IM |
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Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study and Control of Dengue, Havana, Cuba. |
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