The WHO dengue classification and case definitions: time for a reassessment

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Volumn 368, Issue 9530, 2006, Pages 170-173

  Deen, Jacqueline L ^a   Harris, Eva ^b   Wills, Bridget ^c   Balmaseda, Angel ^e   Hammond, Samantha Nadia ^b   Rocha, Crisanta ^f   Dung, Nguyen Minh ^d   Hung, Nguyen Thanh ^g   Hien, Tran Tinh ^d   Farrar, Jeremy J ^c,h  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e Sócrates Flores Vivas Health Center   (Nicaragua)

^f Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesus Rivera   (Nicaragua)

^g Pediatric Hospital Number One   (Viet Nam)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS TYPING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745633312     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69006-5     Document Type: Note

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