The predictive value of a maculopapular rash in children hospitalized for dengue fever in Cayenne, French Guiana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 773-775

  Basurko, Célia ^a,b   Alvarez, Emma Cuadro ^a   Djossou, Félix ^a,b   Ardillon, Vanessa ^c   Demar, Magalie ^a,b   Villeneuve, Chantal ^a   Elenga, Narcisse ^a   Bonnet, Philippe ^a   Carme, Bernard ^a,b   Nacher, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c Institut de Veille Sanitaire   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Children; Dengue fever; Exanthema predictive factor; French Guiana; Severe manifestations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENGUE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMICS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPSORIASIS; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84869886263     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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