Assessment of the new World Health Organization's dengue classification for predicting severity of illness and level of healthcare required.

• Main Authors: Balgees A Ajlan (Author), Maram M Alafif (Author), Maha M Alawi (Author), Naeema A Akbar (Author), Eman K Aldigs (Author), Tariq A Madani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this study was to assess the validity of the new dengue classification proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 and to develop pragmatic guidelines for case triage and management. This retrospective study involved 357 laboratory-confirmed cases of dengue infection dia...