Short report: Assessment of the World Health Organization scheme for classification of dengue severity in Nicaragua

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1059-1062

  Balmaseda, Angel ^b   Hammond, Samantha Nadia ^a   Pérez, Maria Angeles ^c   Cuadra, Ricardo ^d   Solano, Soraya ^c   Rocha, Julio ^d   Idiaquez, Wendy ^c   Harris, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Centro Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia   (Nicaragua)

^c Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesus Rivera   (Nicaragua)

^d Hospital Escuela Dr Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello (HEODRA)   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NICARAGUA; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 29844433013     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.1059     Document Type: Article

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