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Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 May-Jun; 6(3): 298–301.
doi: 10.3201/eid0603.000311
PMCID: PMC2640874
PMID: 10827121

Dengue epidemic in Belém, Pará, Brazil, 1996-97.

A P Trravassos da Rosa, P F Vasconcelos, E S Travassos Da Rosa, S G Rodrigues, B Mondet, A C Cruz, M R Sousa, and J F Travassos Da Rosa
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Abstract

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. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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