title: Decades of Experience in the Diagnosis of Dengue Fever in the Northwest of Mexico.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The State of Baja California Sur is in an arid region of Mexico, the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula. Given its aridity and physical isolation from mainland Mexico, there were no records of dengue fever in the state before 1985. Until now, no data on dengue incidence had been published.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study some epidemiological features of dengue fever in Baja California Sur, Mexico in the last 30 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total number of cases, general population, sex, age groups, serotypes, mortality, and incidence data were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a 652% increase in reported cases from 2012 through 2014. Age groups mostly affected were adults aged 15-24 and 45-64 years old.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study makes a thorough analysis of the incidence of dengue and makes recommendations to face the epidemiological challenge.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moreno-Legorreta
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Díaz-Castro
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortega-Rubio
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Pública, Ministery of Health, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
authors.forename: Ivonne
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tovar-Zamora
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Serrano-Pinto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D065288:Serogroup; D055815:Young Adult