Deaths due to dengue fever at a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 303-309

  Assir, Muhammad Zaman Khan ^a   Ahmad, Hafiz Ijaz ^a   Masood, Muhammad Adnan ^a   Kamran, Umair ^a   Yusuf, Noshin Wasim ^a  

^a JINNAH HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Death rate; Dengue fever; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Dengue shock syndrome; Expanded dengue syndrome; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTPATIENT; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SEVERE DENGUE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898938193     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.877155     Document Type: Article

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