Decision tree algorithms predict the diagnosis and outcome of dengue fever in the early phase of illness

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Tanner, Lukas ^a   Schreiber, Mark ^a   Low, Jenny G H ^b   Ong, Adrian ^b   Tolfvenstam, Thomas ^c   Lai, Yee Ling ^d   Ng, Lee Ching ^d   Leo, Yee Sin ^b   Puong, Le Thi ^e   Vasudevan, Subhash G ^a   Simmons, Cameron P ^f   Hibberd, Martin L ^c   Ooi, Eng Eong ^g  

^a NOVARTIS INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^e Dong Thap Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^f OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^g DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION TREE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; SINGAPORE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TROPICS; VIET NAM; ADOLESCENT; DENGUE VIRUS; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48949118005     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000196     Document Type: Article

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