Prophylactic platelets in dengue: survey responses highlight lack of an evidence base.

• Main Authors: James Whitehorn (Author), Rosmari Rodriguez Roche (Author), Maria G Guzman (Author), Eric Martinez (Author), Wilmar Villamil Gomez (Author), Leonard Nainggolan (Author), Ida Safitri Laksono (Author), Ajay Mishra (Author), Lucy Lum (Author), Abul Faiz (Author), Amadou Sall (Author), Joshua Dawurung (Author), Alvaro Borges (Author), Yee-Sin Leo (Author), Lucille Blumberg (Author), Daniel G Bausch (Author), Axel Kroeger (Author), Olaf Horstick (Author), Guy Thwaites (Author), Heiman Wertheim (Author), Mattias Larsson (Author), Tran Tinh Hien (Author), Rosanna Peeling (Author), Bridget Wills (Author), Cameron Simmons (Author), Jeremy Farrar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dengue is the most important arboviral infection of humans. Thrombocytopenia is frequently observed in the course of infection and haemorrhage may occur in severe disease. The degree of thrombocytopenia correlates with the severity of infection, and may contribute to the risk of haemorrhage. As a re...