From re-emergence to hyperendemicity: the natural history of the dengue epidemic in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer (Author), Marli T Cordeiro (Author), Cynthia Braga (Author), Wayner V de Souza (Author), Ernesto T Marques (Author), Derek A T Cummings (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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dengue virus (DENV) was reintroduced into Brazil in 1986 and by 1995 it had spread throughout the country. In 2007 the number of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases more than doubled and a shift in the age distribution was reported. While previously the majority of DHF cases occurred among adults,...