Prevalencia de Dengue en Personal Militar Activo del Ejército Nacional Durante los Años 2020 – 2022

Abstract

Dengue is a disease of viral origin, whose means of transmission is carried out through vectors, it has shown an impact of approximately fifty million infections per year (Guha-Sapir, D., and B. Schimmer. 2005.)Currently, the country has gone through an alert due to the increase in cases due to the cyclical behavior of the vector and the climatic conditions of the region, marked by the La Niña phenomenon. During the month of May, 183 municipalities were in an outbreak situation and 143 - on epidemiological alert; Throughout this year, 32,206 cases of dengue and 439 cases of severe dengue have been reported, showing an increase of more than 100% compared to the same period during the years 2021 and 2022. (Minsalud 2023).This condition leaves the active military population as a high-risk group since they are constantly exposed to being bitten by the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting Dengue (Rodríguez, A., et al., 2020).After having carried out the analysis of the data from the secondary sources of information, it can be concluded: Regarding the distribution by age, a higher prevalence will be observed in men than in women during the evaluated period, men n= 1771 men (95.52%) compared to women n= 83 (4.47%).A marked trend of decrease in the prevalence of dengue is observed, showing n= 1044 for 2020, n= 620 for 2021, and n= 185 for 2022, showing a decrease of 859 cases.