Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of the traditional and revised WHO dengue case definitions.

• Main Authors: Gamaliel Gutiérrez (Author), Lionel Gresh (Author), María Ángeles Pérez (Author), Douglas Elizondo (Author), William Avilés (Author), Guillermina Kuan (Author), Angel Balmaseda (Author), Eva Harris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral illness, is a major public health problem worldwide, and its incidence continues to increase. In 2009, the World Health Organization published guidelines that included a revision of the dengue case definition. Compared to the traditional definition, the revised case de...