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[economic impact of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in the state of zulia, venezuela, 1997-2003].to determine the direct and indirect costs of medical care provided to cases of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (dhf/dss) between 1997 and 2003 in zulia state, venezuela.200616805973
[importance of the confirmatory diagnosis in viral exanthematic diseases in zulia state, venezuela: a review of the problem].a great variety of viruses which cause exanthema share other clinical manifestations, making etiologic identification relying exclusively on clinical examination a very difficult task. the most common agents include the measles virus, rubella, dengue, varicella, cytomegalovirus, epstein barr, enteroviruses, human parvovirus b19 and type 6 human herpes virus. the fact that most these diseases are self limited represents an important challenge to the development of clinical and epidemiological res ...200617672290
[immunity to flavivirus in amerindian population of the sierra de perijá, zulia state, venezuela].little information is available about flavivirus infection in amerindian populations in western venezuela. on this account the activity and seroprevalence of these viruses were determined and the hypothesis concerning the existence of a sylvatic cycle, conditioning the infection transmission of these viruses in indigenous populations, was studied. for this, blood samples from yukpas (n=144) and barí (n=110) communities were collected, 35 (yukpas=25 and barí=10) of which were processed for viral ...200415602900
[evaluation of immunity against venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and dengue in the human population of san carlos, the almirante padilla island municipality, zulia state, venezuela. 1996].the insular municipality of almirante padilla, historically, has been affected by venezuelan equine encephalitis (vee) epidemics, that have occurred cyclically in the paez, mara and almirante padilla municipalities of the state of zulia. during the last epidemic outbreak (1995), the studies reported a great number of cases of vee in humans, based on epidemiologic-clinical diagnosis; occupying this municipality, the first place in the attack rate by the virus. at the same time, dengue has been de ...200111552505
[laboratory diagnosis of patients with exanthematic or febrile syndromes occurring in the zulia state, venezuela, during 1998].exanthematic diseases are a group of syndromes mainly caused by acute viral infections.200415543764
[viral agents in patients with infectious processes of the central nervous system].local statistics report a great number of cases of neurological diseases of unidentified cause. the purpose of this research was to determine the presence of viral agents in patients with affection of the central nervous system, in zulia state, venezuela. in different health centers throughout the state, we collected 129 randomized samples of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) and serum from patients ranging from 1 day to 41 years of age, showing symptoms of cns disease and whose bacteriological test res ...200111787270
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