First Outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Bangladesh

During the first countrywide outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Bangladesh, we conducted surveillance for dengue at a hospital in Dhaka. Of 176 patients, primarily adults, found positive for dengue, 60.2% had dengue fever, 39.2% dengue hemorrhagic fever, and 0.6% dengue shock syndrome. The Deng...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Mahbubur, Rahman, Khalilur, Siddque, A. K., Shoma, Shereen, Kamal, A. H. M., Ali, K. S., Nisaluk, Ananda, Breiman, Robert F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12095447
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0807.010398
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Sumario:During the first countrywide outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Bangladesh, we conducted surveillance for dengue at a hospital in Dhaka. Of 176 patients, primarily adults, found positive for dengue, 60.2% had dengue fever, 39.2% dengue hemorrhagic fever, and 0.6% dengue shock syndrome. The Dengue virus 3 serotype was detected in eight patients.

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