DENGUE IN MEXICO - A PUBLIC-HEALTH PRIORI TY

Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti. It has b een recently incorporated to the agenda of priorities in many countrie s in the Americas. The emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases is becoming a public health threat and requires the implementation of int ensive surveillance and control strategies. The epidemiological panora ma of dengue in Mexico provides the opportunity to analyze a regional health problem and the risk factors involved in the genesis of hemorrh agic cases under a situation that has not reached epidemic proportions yet.