Comparative performance of the probable case definitions of dengue by WHO (2009) and the WHO-SEAR expert group (2011)

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-110

  Nujum, Zinia T ^a   Thomas, Achu ^a   Vijayakumar, K ^a   Nair, Radhakrishnan R ^b   Radhakrishna Pillai, M ^b   Indu, P S ^a   Sundar, Syam ^c   Gopakumar, Soumya ^a   Mohan, Devi ^a   Sudheeshkumar, T K ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Case definition; Dengue; Diagnostic odds ratio; SEAR; WHO

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84897857595     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773214Y.0000000131     Document Type: Article

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