A retrospective cohort study to predict severe dengue in Honduran patients

Abstract Background An important challenge in the identification of dengue is how to predict which patients will go on to experience severe illness, which is typically characterized by fever, thrombocytopenia, haemorrhagic manifestations, and plasma leakage. Accurate prediction could result in the a...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Fernández, Marek Smieja, Stephen D. Walter, Mark Loeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2800-3