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
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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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spelling pubmed-27928512009-12-15 Age and Clinical Dengue Illness Egger, Joseph R. Coleman, Paul G. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2792851/ /pubmed/17553238 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.070008 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Age and Clinical Dengue Illness
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title_short Age and Clinical Dengue Illness
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792851/
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