Age-specificity of clinical dengue during primary and secondary infections.

• Main Authors: Khoa T D Thai (Author), Hiroshi Nishiura (Author), Phuong Lan Hoang (Author), Nga Thanh Thi Tran (Author), Giao Trong Phan (Author), Hung Quoc Le (Author), Binh Quang Tran (Author), Nam Van Nguyen (Author), Peter J de Vries (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>This study aims to estimate the age-specific risks of clinical dengue attack (i.e., the risk of symptomatic dengue among the total number of dengue virus (DENV) infections) during primary and secondary infections.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed two pieces of ep...