Narro-Robles J, Gómez-Dantés H
Secretaría de Salud, México.
Salud Publica Mex. 1995;37 Suppl:S12-20.
Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti. It has been recently incorporated to the agenda of priorities in many countries in the Americas. The emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases is becoming a public health threat and requires the implementation of intensive surveillance and control strategies. The epidemiological panorama of dengue in Mexico provides the opportunity to analyze a regional health problem and the risk factors involved in the genesis of hemorrhagic cases under a situation that has not reached epidemic proportions yet.
登革热是一种由埃及伊蚊传播的病毒性疾病。最近，它已被纳入美洲许多国家的优先事项议程。登革出血热病例的出现正成为一种公共卫生威胁，需要实施强化监测和控制策略。墨西哥登革热的流行病学概况提供了一个机会，可在尚未达到流行程度的情况下，分析一个地区性的健康问题以及出血热病例发生过程中的风险因素。
