title: [Current status of dengue].
abstract: Dengue has become a major public health problem in intertropical areas where an estimated 60 million new cases and 30,000 deaths occur annually. The causative agent is transmitted by the bite of Aedes mosquitoes which are the main and perhaps only reservoir of the disease. In addition to increasing incidence clinical manifestations of dengue have changed over the last 40 years. An increasing number of reported cases involve hemorrhage, shock, and other severe complications especially in Southeast Asia, northern regions of South America, and the Caribbean. Some of the same factors responsible for these changes are probably implicated in the development of other emerging viral diseases.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Virologie Tropicale, IMTSSA Le Pharo, Marseille, Armées, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tolou
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pisano
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D014943:Global Health; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007303:Insect Vectors; D011634:Public Health; D012769:Shock / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D014329:Tropical Climate
vernacular_title: Actualité de la dengue.