Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics between children and adults with dengue

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-31

  de Souza, Luiz José ^a,b,c   Bastos Pessanha, Laís ^a,b,c   Carvalho Mansur, Laura ^a,b,c   Assed de Souza, Luiza ^a,b,c   Barbosa Tâmega Ribeiro, Mariana ^a,b,c   do Vale da Silveira, Monique ^a,b,c   Damian Souto Filho, João Tadeu ^c  

^a Dengue Reference Center   (Brazil)

^b Reference Center of Dengue   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE CAMPOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical spectra; Dengue; Dengue fever; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873123993     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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