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Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016
Synopsis

Reemergence of Dengue in Southern Texas, 2013

Dana Thomas, Gilberto A. Santiago, Roman Abeyta, Steven Hinojosa, Brenda Torres-Velasquez, Jessica K. Adam, Nicole Evert, Elba Caraballo, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán, Brian Smith, Alison Banicki, Kay M. Tomashek, Linda Gaul, and Tyler M. SharpComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico (D.L. Thomas, G.A. Santiago, B. Torres-Velasquez, E. Caraballo, E. Hunsperger, J.L. Muñoz-Jordán, K.M. Tomashek, T.M. Sharp); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (D.L. Thomas, J.K. Adam); Cameron County Health Department, Harlingen, Texas, USA (R. Abeyta); Texas Department of State Health Services, Harlingen (R. Abeyta, B. Smith); Hidalgo County Health and Human Services, Edinburg, Texas, USA (S. Hinojosa); Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, San Diego, California, USA (J.K. Adam); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (N. Evert, A. Banicki, L. Gaul)

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Table

Characteristics of households and household members with evidence of intrahousehold transmission of DENV, southern Texas, 2013*

Characteristics No evidence of intrahousehold transmission, n = 9† Evidence of intrahousehold transmission, n = 6†
Households
No. residents, mean (range) 2 (2–6) 4 (3–5)
Ratio of adults:children, mean (range) 0.8 (0.2–1) 2.8 (1–4)
Recent visitors from Mexico, no. (%)‡ 4 (44) 1 (17)
Window screens, no. (%) 8 (89) 4 (67)
Air-conditioning, no. (%) 7 (78) 6 (100)
Mosquitoes recently seen in house, no. (%)
 7 (78)
 2 (33)
Household members No evidence of recent DENV infection, n = 44 Evidence of recent DENV infection, n = 7
Age, y, median (range) 26 (1.4–71) 45 (3–79)
Portion of life lived in Mexico, mean % (range) 42 (0–96) 33 (0–71)
Recent travel to Mexico, no. (%)‡ 25 (57) 1 (14)
Recently used mosquito repellant, no. (%)‡ 27 (61) 4 (57)
Recent febrile illness, no. (%)‡ 0 (0) 1 (14)

*DENV, dengue virus.
†7 households were excluded from analysis because not all household members provided a serum specimen for diagnostic testing and therefore could not be confidently defined as not having evidence of intrahousehold transmission.
‡Within past 3 mo.

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