Utilities and limitations of the World Health Organization 2009 warning signs for adult dengue severity.

• Main Authors: Tun-Linn Thein (Author), Victor C Gan (Author), David C Lye (Author), Chee-Fu Yung (Author), Yee-Sin Leo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed seven warning signs (WS) as criteria for hospitalization and predictors of severe dengue (SD). We assessed their performance for predicting dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and SD in adult dengue. METHOD: DHF, WS and SD were defined acc...