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<journal-id>0120-4157</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-4157</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-41572017000100034</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7705/biomedica.v37i1.3208</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Seroprevalencia de la infección por dengue en los municipios de Armenia, Calarcá, La Tebaida y Montenegro en el departamento del Quindío, 2014]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Seroprevalence of dengue infection in the municipalities of Armenia, Calarcá, La Tebaida and Montenegro in Quindío, 2014]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica Marcela]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carrasquilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriel]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá Eje de Salud Pública ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría Departamental de Salud del Quindío Programa de Control de Vectores ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quindío ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>34</fpage>
<lpage>41</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-41572017000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-41572017000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-41572017000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: El dengue representa un grave problema de salud pública para Colombia y, en el departamento del Quindío, afecta el 90 % de los municipios. Se necesitan estudios actualizados sobre la seroprevalencia en la población general para reforzar las acciones de salud pública.  Objetivo: Determinar la seroprevalencia de la infección por dengue en barrios con alta incidencia de dengue en cuatro municipios del departamento del Quindío: Armenia, Calarcá, La Tebaida y Montenegro, en 2014.  Materiales y métodos: Se hizo un estudio de prevalencia mediante muestreo probabilístico estratificado y bietápico. Se hizo una encuesta a 658 sujetos residentes del área urbana de los municipios seleccionados y se les tomó una muestra de sangre por venopunción para determinar anticuerpos IgG e IgM contra el virus del dengue.  Resultados: La seroprevalencia de anticuerpos IgG en el Quindío fue de 89,4 %; en Armenia fue de 88,7 %, en Calarcá, de 81,5 %, en Montenegro, de 91,8 %, y en La Tebaida, de 97,8 %. La seroprevalencia de anticuerpos IgM en Quindío fue de 14,2 %; en Armenia, de 11,5 %, en Calarcá, de 13,0 %, en Montenegro, de 13,1%, y en La Tebaida, de 28,9 %.  Conclusiones: Se evidenció una alta prevalencia de anticuerpos IgG e IgM en los cuatro municipios. En todos los grupos de edad se encontraron personas seropositivas para IgM, lo cual indicaría infección reciente. La seropositividad simultánea para IgM e IgG (12,9 %) puede indicar infección secundaria por otro serotipo del virus o una infección en los tres meses anteriores. Es necesario impulsar estrategias multisectoriales para el control de la transmisión del dengue en el Quindío.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Dengue is a serious public health problem in Colombia; it is prevalent in 90% of the municipalities in Quindío. Studies on its seroprevalence are required to address public health interventions.  Objective: To establish the seroprevalence of dengue infection in neighborhoods with high incidence in the municipalities of Armenia, Calarcá, La Tebaida and Montenegro, Quindío, in 2014.  Materials and methods: We conducted a probabilistic, stratified, two-stage prevalence study. We interviewed 658 residents in the urban area of the selected municipalities. After they signed the informed consent, we took a blood sample to determine dengue IgG and IgM antibodies.  Results: Seroprevalence of IgG in Quindío was 89,4%; in Armenia it was 88,7%, in Calarcá, 81,5%, in Montenegro, 91,8% and in La Tebaida 97,8%. IgM was 14, 2% in Quindío; in Armenia it was 11,5%, in Calarcá, 13,0%, in Montenegro, 13,1% and in La Tebaida, 28,9%.  Conclusions: We found a high prevalence of both IgG and IgM in the four municipalities. We had positive results for IgM in all age groups, which suggests recent infection. We also found simultaneous seropositivity for IgG and IgM (12.9%), which may indicate infection by another serotype or presence of infection in the past three months. A multisectoral approach is necessary for dengue control in Quindío.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[prevalencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inmunoglobulina G]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inmunoglobulina M]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[salud pública, Colombia.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dengue/epidemiology]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[immunoglobulin G]]></kwd>
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