[The risk of dengue transmission: a space for stratification].
The emergence of dengue fever as a public health problem in the Americas is increasing. Its rapid spread in the region and the geographical dissemination of dengue infection has not been followed by a corresponding input of financial, human and technical resources necessary to control dengue fever epidemics. This situation compelled to the analysis of dengue transmission in Mexico with the objective of designing a strategy of dengue fever surveillance based on the stratification of transmission risks taking into account geographical variables like climate, rain precipitation, mean annual temperature and altitude, as well as socio-demographical variables like population density and socio-economic level. This strategy will permit the efficient use of the scant resources available for control, although the impact of dengue transmission is yet to be evaluated.
Gómez-Dantés
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Dirección de Investigación Epidemiológica, Secretaría de Salud (SSA), México.
Ramos-Bonifaz
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Tapia-Conyer
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D011156:Population Density; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies