Age and Clinical Dengue Illness

The relationship between age and risk for classic dengue fever has never been quantified. We use data from clinical patients to show that the relative risk of having classical disease after primary dengue virus infection increases with age. This relationship has implications for strategies aimed at...

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Autores principales: Egger, Joseph R., Coleman, Paul G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.070008
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Sumario:The relationship between age and risk for classic dengue fever has never been quantified. We use data from clinical patients to show that the relative risk of having classical disease after primary dengue virus infection increases with age. This relationship has implications for strategies aimed at controlling dengue fever.

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