Clinical and epidemiological characterization of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases in northeastern, Brazil Caracterização clínica e epidemiológica dos casos de dengue hemorrágica no nordeste do Brasil

Clinical and epidemiological characterization of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases in northeastern, Brazil Caracterização clínica e epidemiológica dos casos de dengue hemorrágica no nordeste do Brasil

INTRODUCTION: The dengue hemorrhagic dengue (DHF) remains an important public health problem in Brazil. The objective of this study was to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of DHF cases during the 2003 epidemic in Ceará. METHODS: Suspected DHF cases with onset of symptoms between January a...

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Main Authors: Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti, Ivo Castelo Branco Coelho, Dina Cortez Lima Feitosa Vilar, Susana Glória Silveira Holanda, Kiliana Nogueira Farias da Escóssia, Reinaldo Souza-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Dengue hemorrágico
Epidemiologia
Fatores de risco
Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Epidemiology
Risk factors
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