From primary care to hospitalization: clinical warning signs of severe dengue fever in children and adolescents during an outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil De la atención primaria a la hospitalización: señales clínicas de alarma del dengue grave en niños y adolescentes durante una epidemia en Río de Janeiro, Brasil Da atenção primária à hospitalização: sinais clínicos de alarme para dengue grave em crianças e adolescentes durante uma epidemia no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

We analyzed factors associated with severe cases of dengue in children and adolescents hospitalized during the 2007/2008 epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is a retrospective case-control study that covers 88 cases of severe dengue in patients admitted to four tertiary care children's hos...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Gerusa Gibson, Reinaldo Souza-Santos, Patrícia Brasil, Antonio Guilherme Pacheco, Oswaldo G. Cruz, Nildimar Alves Honório, Claire Kubelka, Marilia Sá Carvalho
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2013-01-01
Series:	Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:	Dengue Epidemias Signos y Síntomas Sinais e Sintomas Epidemics Signs and Symptoms
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2013000100010