Burden of dengue among febrile patients at the time of chikungunya introduction in Piedecuesta, Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the age-specific incidence of symptomatic dengue and chikungunya in Colombia.

Method

A passive facility-based fever surveillance study was conducted among individuals with undifferentiated fever. Confirmatory diagnostics included serological and molecular tests in paired samples, and surveillance's underreporting was assessed using capture-recapture methods.

Results

Of 839 febrile participants 686 completed the study. There were 33.2% (295/839) dengue infections (51% primary infections), and 35.9% (191/532) of negative dengue cases there were chikungunya cases. On average, dengue cases were younger (median = 18 years) than chikungunya cases (median = 25 years). Thrombocytopaenia and abdominal pain were the main dengue predictors, while presence o

SUBMITTER: Carabali M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334506 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature