Exanthematous diseases and the first epidemic of dengue to occur in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, during 1998-1999

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Lima, Mário Lira de¹  Alecrim, Wilson Duarte¹  Instituto de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas¹  Almeida, Tânia Carvalho¹  Guerra, Marcus Vinitius de Farias¹  Figueiredo, Regina Maria Pinto De¹  Thatcher, Bedsy Dutary¹ 

关键词: Dengue;    Epidemic;    Diseases;    Exanthematous;    Diagnosis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822004000600009

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

In 1998, the FMT/IMT-AM foundation implemented the surveillance system to diagnose acute undifferentiated febrile syndromes, with the objective of active and passive surveillance in Brazilian western Amazonian rainforest to identify and diagnose the etiologic agents of acute fever. The diagnoses were performed using serological tests to detect IgM antibodies by ELISA (Enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay) CDC/OPAS or using commercial kits. A total of 8,557 serum samples obtained from patients with clinical suspicion of dengue virus were analyzed. ELISA positive reaction to dengue virus was presented by 40% of the serum samples and 26% of the serum samples had positive ELISA reactions to other exanthematous viral diseases, such as rubella, measles, parvovirus, Oropouche virus and Mayaro virus.

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