Volume 2, Number 2—April 1996
Dispatch
Potential Risk for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: The Isolation of Serotype Dengue-3 in Mexico
Table
Number of isolates of dengue virus serotypes in Mexico*
| Year | DEN-1 | DEN-2 | DEN-3 | DEN-5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 1984 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 129 |
| 1985 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 47 |
| 1986 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 89 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1988 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 24 |
| 1992 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 25 |
| 1993 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1994 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 1995 |
40 |
98 |
19 |
88 |
245 |
| Total | 319 | 143 | 19 | 200 | 681 |
* Serum samples from suspect cases were added to C6-36 cells grown in D-MEM with 5% fetal calf serum for 7 days at 28°C and incubated for 1 hour. Cells were washed and further incubated in D-MEM with 0.4% bovine albumin for identification of cytopathic effect.
