High case-fatality rate of adults with dengue hemorrhagic fever during an outbreak in non-endemic Taiwan: Risk factors for dengue-infected elders

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-17

  Liu, Ching Chuan ^a   Huang, Kao Jean ^b   Huang, Mei Chih ^b   Lin, J J ^b   Wang, S M ^b   Liu, Jen Jou ^c   Tsai, Jih Jin ^d   Huang, Jyh Hsiung ^e   Lin, Yee Shin ^b   Liu, Hsiao Sheng ^b   Yeh, Trai Ming ^b,f   Lei, Huan Yao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^f NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dengue disease; Elder; Morbidity; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 58449098447     PISSN: 15536203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2008.10.17     Document Type: Article

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