Comparison and critical appraisal of dengue clinical guidelines and their use in Asia and Latin America

International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Santamaria, R ^a   Martinez, E ^b   Kratochwill, S ^a   Soria, C ^c   Tan, L H ^d   Nunez A ^e   Dimaano, E ^f   Villegas, E ^g   Bendezu H ^g   Kroeger, A ^h   Castelobranco, I ⁱ   Siqueira, J B ^j   Jaenisch, T ^a   Horstick, O ^h   Lum, L C S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^c HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e Departemento de Micobacterias   (Nicaragua)

^f San Lazaro Hospital   (Philippines)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Case classification; Clinical guidelines; Dengue; Dengue fever; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Disease management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENGUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 71949087587     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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