Virus-specific differences in rates of disease during the 2010 Dengue epidemic in Puerto Rico.

• Main Authors: Tyler M Sharp (Author), Elizabeth Hunsperger (Author), Gilberto A Santiago (Author), Jorge L Muñoz-Jordan (Author), Luis M Santiago (Author), Aidsa Rivera (Author), Rosa L Rodríguez-Acosta (Author), Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano (Author), Harold S Margolis (Author), Kay M Tomashek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Dengue is a potentially fatal acute febrile illness (AFI) caused by four mosquito-transmitted dengue viruses (DENV-1-4) that are endemic in Puerto Rico. In January 2010, the number of suspected dengue cases reported to the passive dengue surveillance system exceeded the epidemic threshol...