Is pregnancy associated with severe dengue? A review of data from the Rio de Janeiro surveillance information system.

BACKGROUND: Dengue is a reportable disease in Brazil; however, pregnancy has been included in the application form of the Brazilian notification information system only after 2006. To estimate the severity of maternal dengue infection, the available data that were compiled from January 2007 to Decem...

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Main Authors: Carolina Romero Machado, Elizabeth Stankiewicz Machado, Roger Denis Rohloff, Marina Azevedo, Dayse Pereira Campos, Robson Bruniera de Oliveira, Patrícia Brasil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3649957?pdf=render