Disease severity and mortality caused by dengue in a Dominican pediatric population

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-172

  Mena Lora, Alfredo J ^a   Fernandez, Josefina ^b   Morales, Alfredo ^b   Soto, Yahaira ^b   Feris Iglesias, Jesus ^b   Brito, Maximo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892755472     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0440     Document Type: Article

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