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Epidemiologia de Dengue no séc. XXI : primeiro surto europeu na Ilha da Madeira
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O Dengue é considerado pela World Health Organization como a “doença viral mais importante do mundo, transmitida por mosquitos”.
Nesta doença, o mosquito Aedes aegypti assume-se como o principal vector. Os seres humanos infectados representam os portadores e reservatórios essenciais para a multiplicação viral, constituindo fonte de alimento contaminado para mosquitos não infectados.
Mais de 70% da população mundial reside em áreas de risco, atendendo a que o Dengue é endémico em países do continente Africano, Americano e nas regiões do Mediterrâneo Oriental, Sudeste Asiático e Pacífico Oriental.
Na Europa, além dos casos recentemente ocorridos na Croácia e na França, pela primeira vez, neste século, se registou uma epidemia de Dengue na Ilha da Madeira, cujos resultados se traduziram em 2187 casos, 50% dos quais confirmados laboratorialmente, sem registo de óbitos. Acredita-se que a ilha não apresenta condições para se qualificar numa região endémica de Dengue. Todavia, mantém-se a hipótese de ocorrerem surtos de Dengue no futuro.
Com esta revisão bibliográfica da literatura, pretendeu-se retractar a epidemiologia do Dengue, desde uma perspectiva global até a uma realidade mais local, de que é exemplo a crise epidémica ocorrida na Ilha da Madeira.
Dengue is considered by the World Health Organization as the "most important viral disease in the world spread by mosquitoes". In this disease, the mosquito Aedes aegypti is assumed as the main vector. The infected human patients represent essential reservoirs for viral replication, constituting a contaminated food source for non-infected mosquitoes. More than 70% of the world population lives in risk areas, given that Dengue is endemic in many countries of the African and American continent, and in regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and Western Pacific. In Europe, in addition to recent cases in Croatia and France, for the first time in this century a dengue outbreak occurred in Madeira Island. It resulted in 2187 cases, 50% laboratory confirmed, and without deaths. It is believed that the island cannot be considered as a Dengue endemic region. However, there’s still a possibility of Dengue outbreaks in the future. With this literature review it was intended to portray the epidemiology of dengue, from a global perspective to a more local reality.
Dengue is considered by the World Health Organization as the "most important viral disease in the world spread by mosquitoes". In this disease, the mosquito Aedes aegypti is assumed as the main vector. The infected human patients represent essential reservoirs for viral replication, constituting a contaminated food source for non-infected mosquitoes. More than 70% of the world population lives in risk areas, given that Dengue is endemic in many countries of the African and American continent, and in regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and Western Pacific. In Europe, in addition to recent cases in Croatia and France, for the first time in this century a dengue outbreak occurred in Madeira Island. It resulted in 2187 cases, 50% laboratory confirmed, and without deaths. It is believed that the island cannot be considered as a Dengue endemic region. However, there’s still a possibility of Dengue outbreaks in the future. With this literature review it was intended to portray the epidemiology of dengue, from a global perspective to a more local reality.
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Trabalho Final do Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 2015
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Dengue Aedes aegyti Madeira Portugal Epidemiologia