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Provides information on the 1997 dengue epidemic which reemerged in the municipality of Santiago de Cuba, due to an increase in migration to the area by persons from disease-endemic regions. Details on a 1978 serologic survey for flavivirus antibody; When a passive dengue surveillance system was established; What was detected by the surveillance system; Indication that dengue cases were detected on January 28, 1997, in one area of municipality.