Importance of preventing dengue

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Palabras claves, Dengue, Aedes, Virus del Dengue.

Abstract

Introduction: Dengue is an infectious disease caused by the dengue virus. It is a complex problem both because of its magnitude and because of the elements that must be taken into account to its control. In our region current situation, this reality constitutes a challenge for the control of the mosquito vector, and therefore, of the disease.

Objective: To describe this disease and to demonstrate the need for community actions to control dengue and its prevention.

Methods: A systematic review of documents from scientific societies dedicated to Epidemiology was carried out in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) with a date limit from April 2015 to April 2020, and including articles in both English and Spanish. Two hundred sixty-two studies were located, finally 20 were selected.

Conclusions: In the future, the appearance of strains producing higher viremia due to the genetic diversity of the virus is expected, with more complicated clinical cases. We are facing a disease that offers a challenge to doctors, hence the importance of working on its prevention to avoid the spread of the disease in our population.

 Keywords: dengue; Aedes; dengue virus.

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Author Biographies

Leyra Maday Aguilar Penas, Policlínico Fray Benito. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín

Doctora en Medicina Residente en Medicina General Integral

Frank Javier Batista Pupo, Policlínico Fray Benito. Rafael Freyre. Holguín

Doctor en Medicina Residente en Medicina General Integra

Yusleimi Consuelo Driggs Ochoa, Policlínico Fray Benito. Rafael Freyre. Holguín

Doctora en Medicina. Especialista en primer grado en Medicina General Integral.

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Published

2020-12-28

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Aguilar Penas LM, Batista Pupo FJ, Driggs Ochoa YC. Importance of preventing dengue. Rev Cubana Med [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 28 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];60(3). Available from: https://revmedicina.sld.cu/index.php/med/article/view/2029

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Vol. 60 No. 3 (2021): julio-septiembre

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Review articles

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