Prevalence of dengue antibodies in healthy children and adults in different Colombian endemic areas

Dengue is a vector-borne disease with a significant impact on Latin America. According to the annual report of the Pan American Health Organization, Colombia is the main contributor of dengue in the Andean region, and the second in Latin America, with an incidence of 321.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2016 (WHO, 2017). Colombia is hyperendemic (Guzm án and Kouri, 2003; Pérez et al., 2016), and approximately 65% of Colombian municipalities have ecological conditions that favor the sustained circulation of Aedes aegypti and the transmission of dengue virus (DENV) (Díaz-Quijano et al., 2018).

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - November 12, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Myriam L. Velandia-Romero, Carolina Coronel-Ruiz, Lorena Castro-Bonilla, Sigrid Camacho-Ortega, Mar ía Angélica Calderón-Peláez, Angélica Castellanos, Víctor Alberto Olano, Alexandra Porras, Myriam Arevalo-Herrera, Wilmer Villamil-Gómez, Jaime E. C Source Type: research