Traveller's Dengue: Tropical Diseases Outside the Tropics in Bolivia
Journal: Advances in Medicine and Engineering Interdisciplinary Research DOI: 10.32629/ameir.v1i3.1266
Abstract
Introduction: The occurrence of tropical diseases outside the tropics is a priority in the prevention of emerging infectious diseases in Bolivian health system in the 21st century. Objective: Evaluate the presence of tropical diseases in La Paz city, with an emphasis on dengue, defying the traditional vision that their presence is restricted to tropical areas. Materials and methods: From November 2012 to February 2013, a descriptive, cross-sectional, and retrospective study was carried out for 876 patients who came by referral or on their own initiative to the recently implemented Tropical Medicine Clinic at the National Institute of Health Laboratories (INLASA) in the city of La Paz. Results: During 4 months of care, specialty clinical examinations were performed on all patients from 6 departments, resulting in 44 presenting febrile syndrome. With the support of the general and specific laboratory tests requested, it was concluded that 34 suffered from dengue, 3 from plasmodium vivax malaria, 1 from leptospirosis, and 3 from etiologies of bacterial origin. Conclusion: In the city of La Paz, there is a significant presence of tropical pathologies cases, mainly dengue and malaria, so the health system must consider the need for specific care services for these pathologies, in order to provide timely care for these increasingly prevalent diseases in the Andean area of the country.
Keywords
dengue; neglected tropical diseases; arbovirosis and aedes aegypti
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We would like to thank the study participants and the staff of the Parasitology and Virology Laboratory of INLASA.
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