Characteristics of children hospitalized with dengue fever in an outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 601-603

  Giraldo, Diana ^a   Sant'Anna, Clemax ^b   Périssé, André Reynaldo Santos ^a   March, Maria de Fatima Pombo ^b   Souza, Ana Paula ^b   Mendes, Analucia ^b   Bonfim, Marcia ^b   Hofer, Cristina B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Brazil; Children; Dengue; Lethargy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROORBITAL PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINE VOLUME; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LETHARGY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80052961598     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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