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Dengue epidemic, serotype 2, in Araguaina, Tocantins, Brazil
Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa; Travassos da Rosa, Elizabeth Salbé; Travassos da Rosa, Jorge Fernando Soares; Freitas, Ronaldo Barros deWe report the first outbreak of dengue fever caused by dengue 2 (DEN 2) in Araguaina, Tocantins State. Four hundred people of 74 families, living at S. João, Araguaina Sul and Neblina districts were questioned and then bled, in order to obtain sera to test for anti-dengue antibodies. If a person was sick, a small quantity of blood was collected for virus isolation. The main clinical picture of disease was chara...
Laboratory acquired infection by the virus SP H 114202 (Arenavirus: Arenavirida...
Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa; Travassos da Rosa, Amélia Paes de Andrade; Rodrigues, Sueli Guerreiro; Tesh, RobertHere in is described the clinical and laboratorial findings of a laboratory-acquired infection caused by the virus SP H 114202 (Arenavirus, family Arenaviridae) a recently discovered agent responsible for a viral hemorrhagic fever. The patient was sick for 13 days. The disease had an abrupt onset characterized by high fever (39ºC.), headache, chills and myalgias for 8 days. In addition, on the 3rd day, the pati...
Epidemic outbreaks of Oropouche virus in the Maranhão and Goiás States, Brazil
Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa; Travassos da Rosa, Jorge Fernando Soares; Guerreiro, Sueli Corrêa; Dégallier, NicolasThe authors describe the occurrence of outbreaks caused by Oropouche virus (ORO) in the states of Maranhão and Goiás, Brazil in 1988. 36 strains of the virus were obtained from the intracerebral inoculation of the blood of 120 patients into 2-3 day-old infant mice. The illness was characterized by headache, fever, pain in the muscles, joints and back, photophobia, retrobulbar pain, nausea and dizziness. 128 of ...