Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Endurance, Refuge, and Reemergence of Dengue Virus Type 2, Puerto Rico, 1986–2007

Kate L. McElroy¹, Gilberto A. Santiago¹, Niall J. Lennon, Bruce W. Birren, Matthew R. Henn¹, and Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán¹

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico (K.L. McElroy, G.A. Santiago, J.L. Muñoz-Jordán); Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (N.J. Lennon, B.W. Birren, M.R. Henn)

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Incidence of dengue virus (DENV) serotypes 2 and 3 in Puerto Rico, 1996–2005. Solid blue line, incidence of DENV-2 within the refuge region; dashed blue line, incidence of DENV-2 in the rest of the island outside the refuge reason; solid black line, incidence of DENV-3 within the DENV-2 refuge region; dashed black line) incidence of DENV-3 in the rest of the island outside the refuge region. Incidence was calculated as number of confirmed, positive cases of each serotype per thousand residents.

Figure 5. Incidence of dengue virus (DENV) serotypes 2 and 3 in Puerto Rico, 1996–2005. Solid blue line, incidence of DENV-2 within the refuge region; dashed blue line, incidence of DENV-2 in the rest of the island outside the refuge reason; solid black line, incidence of DENV-3 within the DENV-2 refuge region; dashed black line) incidence of DENV-3 in the rest of the island outside the refuge region. Incidence was calculated as number of confirmed, positive cases of each serotype per thousand residents.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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