Dengue and other common causes of acute febrile illness in Asia: an active surveillance study in children.

• Main Authors: Maria Rosario Capeding (Author), Mary Noreen Chua (Author), Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro (Author), Ismail I H M Hussain (Author), Revathy Nallusamy (Author), Punnee Pitisuttithum (Author), Kusnandi Rusmil (Author), Usa Thisyakorn (Author), Stephen J Thomas (Author), Ngoc Huu Tran (Author), Dewa Nyoman Wirawan (Author), In-Kyu Yoon (Author), Alain Bouckenooghe (Author), Yanee Hutagalung (Author), Thelma Laot (Author), Tram Anh Wartel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Common causes of acute febrile illness in tropical countries have similar symptoms, which often mimic those of dengue. Accurate clinical diagnosis can be difficult without laboratory confirmation and disease burden is generally under-reported. Accurate, population-based, laboratory-confirmed inciden...