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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 103, No. 6, 2008, pp. 535-539
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Bioline Code: oc08097
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 103, No. 6, 2008, pp. 535-539
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Dynamics of the 2006/2007 dengue outbreak in Brazil
Coelho, Giovanini E; Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento; Teixeira, Maria da Glória; Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra & Massad, Eduardo
Abstract
We analyzed dengue incidence in the period between October 2006-July 2007 of 146 cities around the country were Larval Index Rapid Assay (LIRA) surveillance was carried out in October 2006. Of these, we chosen 61 cities that had 500 or more cases reported during this period. We calculated the incidence coefficient, the force of infection (λ) and the basic reproduction number (R0) of dengue in those 61 cities and correlated those variables with the LIRA. We concluded that λ and R0 are more associated with the number of cases than LIRA. In addition, the average R0 for the 2006/2007 dengue season was almost as high as that calculated for the 2001/2002 season, the worst in Brazilian history.
Keywords
dengue - larval index - basic reproduction number - force of infection
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