From primary care to hospitalization: clinical warning signs of severe dengue fever in children and adolescents during an outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Main Authors: Gerusa Gibson (Author), Reinaldo Souza-Santos (Author), Patrícia Brasil (Author), Antonio Guilherme Pacheco (Author), Oswaldo G. Cruz (Author), Nildimar Alves Honório (Author), Claire Kubelka (Author), Marilia Sá Carvalho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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We analyzed factors associated with severe cases of dengue in children and adolescents hospitalized during the 2007/2008 epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is a retrospective case-control study that covers 88 cases of severe dengue in patients admitted to four tertiary care children's hos...