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Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Research

Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Brazil, 1981–2002

João Bosco Siqueira*†Comments to Author , Celina Maria Turchi Martelli†, Giovanini Evelim Coelho*, Ana Cristina da Rocha Simplício*, and Douglas L. Hatch*‡
Author affiliations: *Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil; †Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 1

Chronology of major dengue-related events in Brazil, 1981–2002

Period/y Event
1981–1993: Epidemics waves in localized areas
1981 Restricted outbreak (DENV1* and DENV4†) in Northwest Brazil (Roraima State)
1986 Introduction of DENV1 (Rio de Janeiro State)
1990 Introduction of DENV2‡ (Rio de Janeiro State) and first confirmed cases of DHF
1994–2002: Epidemic and endemic virus circulation countrywide
1994–1999 Dispersion of Aedes aegypti nationwide
1998 Widespread outbreaks in 16 states (>534,000 reported cases)
2000 Introduction of DENV3§ (Rio de Janeiro State)
2002 Large outbreaks in 19 states (>794,000 reported cases)
Deaths due to dengue hemorrhagic fever exceed deaths from malaria

*Dengue virus serotype 1.
†Dengue virus serotype 4.
‡Dengue virus serotype 2.
§Dengue virus serotype 3.

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Medline reports the first author "Teixeira MG" is not correct in the reference 32 "Teixeira, Barreto, Costa, Ferreira, Vasconcelos, Cairncross, 2002".

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