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- Title
PREVALENCIA E INMUNIDAD AL VIRUS DENGUE Y FACTORES DE RIESGOS EN LATINOA.
- Authors
Ayón Lucio, Carlos Alberto; Véliz Castro, Teresa; Ayón, Teresa; Valero Cedeño, Nereida
- Abstract
Introduction: Dengue is a viral disease, considered one of the greatest challenges due to the growing public health problem of endemic-epidemic representation, transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti genus. Objective: to describe the prevalence and immunity to the dengue virus and the risk factors in Latin America. Methods: The study was of a documentary design of the type of study is descriptive, explanatory level, a total of 30 articles were analyzed from which information was extracted regarding the study variables corresponding to the last 10 years. Results: The countries most affected by the prevalence of the virus were Brazil and the Dominican Republic. In the United States, the impact and efficacy of the dengue vaccine was measured to generate immunity in people aged 2 to 16 years, giving the following results of 35,000 inoculated up to year 3 after the first dose, the protection of the vaccine was 65% effective. Conclusion: Dengue is a disease that critically affects humans caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, affects 50 to 100 million people and causes about 25.000 deaths annually, especially in tropical and subtropical regions of the planet.
- Publication
Enfermería Investiga: Investigaciin, Vinculación, Docencia y Gestiin, 2023, Vol 8, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
2477-9172
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31243/ei.uta.v8i1.1892.2023