Porfirio Felipe Hernández Bautista, David Alejandro Cabrera Gaytán, Clara Esperanza Santacruz Tinoco, Alfonso Vallejos Parás, Julio Elias Alvarado Yaah, Bernardo Martínez Miguel, Yu Mei Anguiano Hernández, Lumumba Arriaga Nieto, Alejandro Moctezuma Paz, Leticia Jaimes Betancourt, Yadira Pérez Andrade, Oscar Cruz Orozco, Gabriel Valle Alvarado, Mónica Grisel Rivera Mahey
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for severe dengue manifestations have been attributed to various factors, including specific serotypes, sex, and age. Mexico has seen the re-emergence of DENV-3, which has not circulated in a decade. OBJECTIVE: To describe dengue serotypes by age, sex, and their association with disease severity in dengue-positive serum samples from epidemiological surveillance system units. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive analysis was conducted to evaluate the frequency of dengue severity by sex, age, disease quarter, geographical location, and dengue virus serotypes...
May 13, 2024: Viruses