TY - JOUR AU - Travassos da Rosa, Amélia P.A. AU - Vasconcelos, Pedro F.C. AU - Travassos da Rosa, Elizabeth S. AU - Rodrigues, Sueli G. AU - Mondet, Bernard AU - Cruz, Ana C.R. AU - Sousa, Maria R. AU - Travassos da Rosa, Jorge F.S. T1 - Dengue Epidemic in Belém, Pará, Brazil, 1996-97 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 298 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe clinical and epidemiologic findings during the first epidemic of dengue fever in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, in 1996-97. Of 40,237 serum samples, 17,440 (43%) were positive for dengue by virus isolation or serologic testing. No hemorrhagic cases or deaths were reported. KW - dengue KW - virus transmission KW - Belém KW - Instituto Evandro Chagas KW - Ae. Aegypti KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid0603.000311 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/3/00-0311_article ER - End of Reference