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21003 , Male , Female , Humans , Clinical Enzyme Tests/standards , Malaria, Falciparum/diagnosis , Antimalarials/therapeutic use , Evaluation Study , Guyana , L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/analysis , Malaria, Falciparum/drug therapy , Plasmodium falciparum/isolation & purification , Sensitivity and SpecificityABSTRACT
There have been dramatic increases in dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever in South America. Guyana has reported less than five cases per year for most of the past decade. We evaluated patients in a clinic in Georgetown, Guyana, over 2 days and found evidence of 50 cases of dengue infection.
PIP: This research letter evaluates the incidence of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Guyana, South America, in a study conducted at the Vector Control Medical Center on July 20-21, 1998. Venous blood samples were collected from 112 patients (99 men and 13 women ranging in age from 9 to 60 years) who were inflicted with fever, chills, malaise, and/or headache. 50 samples were detected to be dengue virus- positive, illustrating a 45% prevalence of recent dengue virus infection among the tested patients. This study revealed that the incidence of dengue fever in Guyana is under-reported. Thus, improvements should be made in the surveillance measures for dengue infection in Guyana and its surrounding countries.
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Dengue/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Female , Guyana/epidemiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Seroepidemiologic StudiesABSTRACT
Evaluates patients in a clinic in Georgetown, Guyana for dengue fever and dengue hemorhagic fever. Evidence of 50 cases of dengue infection; Guyana reporting less than five cases per eyar for most of the 1990s; Suggestion for surveillance measures for dengue virus infections in Guyana and surrounding countries.(AU)
