High Rates of Inapparent Dengue in Older Adults in Singapore

Although the dengue iceberg phenomenon is well known, there is a paucity of data on inapparent dengue. Results from a seroepidemiological study conducted during a dengue epidemic in 2007 in Singapore showed a seroprevalence of 65.9% and an inapparent dengue rate of 78%. Older adults (> 45 years o...

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Autores principales: Yap, Grace, Li, Chenny, Mutalib, Adeliza, Lai, Yee-Ling, Ng, Lee-Ching
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Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23610157
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0150
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description Although the dengue iceberg phenomenon is well known, there is a paucity of data on inapparent dengue. Results from a seroepidemiological study conducted during a dengue epidemic in 2007 in Singapore showed a seroprevalence of 65.9% and an inapparent dengue rate of 78%. Older adults (> 45 years old) had significantly higher rates of inapparent dengue infections (P < 0.05).
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spelling pubmed-37528042013-08-27 High Rates of Inapparent Dengue in Older Adults in Singapore Yap, Grace Li, Chenny Mutalib, Adeliza Lai, Yee-Ling Ng, Lee-Ching Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles Although the dengue iceberg phenomenon is well known, there is a paucity of data on inapparent dengue. Results from a seroepidemiological study conducted during a dengue epidemic in 2007 in Singapore showed a seroprevalence of 65.9% and an inapparent dengue rate of 78%. Older adults (> 45 years old) had significantly higher rates of inapparent dengue infections (P < 0.05). The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2013-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3752804/ /pubmed/23610157 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0150 Text en ©The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's Re-use License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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