Risk prediction for severe disease and better diagnostic accuracy in early dengue infection; the Colombo dengue study

Risk prediction for severe disease and better diagnostic accuracy in early dengue infection; the Colombo dengue study

Abstract Background A major challenge in dengue management in resource limited settings is the confirmation of diagnosis. Clinical features of dengue often overlap with other infections and molecular diagnostic tools are not readily accessible to clinicians at hospitals. In addition, the prediction...

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Main Authors: Ponsuge Chathurani Sigera, Ranmalee Amarasekara, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senaka Rajapakse, Praveen Weeratunga, Nipun Lakshita De Silva, Chun Hong Huang, Malaya K. Sahoo, Benjamin A. Pinsky, Dylan R. Pillai, Hasitha A. Tissera, Saroj Jayasinghe, Shiroma Handunnetti, Sumadhya D. Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Dengue
Severe dengue
Dengue virus
Dengue diagnostics
RT-qPCR
LAMP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4304-9

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