Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about dengue among pupils from rural schools in an endemic area in Colombia.

Introduction: Dengue is a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Studies on dengue in rural areas are scarce since the disease is considered mainly urban.

Objective: To determine the knowledge (K), attitudes (A) and practices (P) of dengue in an endemic area in Colombia.

[Coinfection of dengue and chikungunya viruses. Narrative review].

Background: Dengue and chikungunya viruses are transmitted by the female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas, facilitating coinfection.

Aim: To determine the magnitude, geographical distribution and clinical picture of dengue and chikungunya coinfection.

Material And Methods: Narrative review.

Detection of all four dengue serotypes in Aedes aegypti female mosquitoes collected in a rural area in Colombia.

The Aedes aegypti vector for dengue virus (DENV) has been reported in urban and periurban areas. The information about DENV circulation in mosquitoes in Colombian rural areas is limited, so we aimed to evaluate the presence of DENV in Ae. aegypti females caught in rural locations of two Colombian municipalities, Anapoima and La Mesa.

Schools as Potential Risk Sites for Vector-Borne Disease Transmission: Mosquito Vectors in Rural Schools in Two Municipalities in Colombia.

Dengue and other vector-borne diseases are of great public health importance in Colombia. Vector surveillance and control activities are often focused at the household level. Little is known about the importance of nonhousehold sites, including schools, in maintaining vector-borne disease transmission.