WHO dengue case classification 2009 and its usefulness in practice: an expert consensus in the Americas

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-25

  Horstick, Olaf ^a   Martinez, Eric ^b   Guzman, Maria Guadalupe ^b   San Martin, Jose Luis ^c   Ranzinger, Silvia Runge ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Consultant in Public Health ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Dengue case classification; Expert consensus; WHO 1997 dengue case classification; WHO 2009 dengue case classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DENGUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AMERICAS; DENGUE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84928252479     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773215Y.0000000003     Document Type: Article

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