Early clinical features of dengue virus infection in nicaraguan children: a longitudinal analysis.

• Main Authors: Hope H Biswas (Author), Oscar Ortega (Author), Aubree Gordon (Author), Katherine Standish (Author), Angel Balmaseda (Author), Guillermina Kuan (Author), Eva Harris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Tens of millions of dengue cases and approximately 500,000 life-threatening complications occur annually. New tools are needed to distinguish dengue from other febrile illnesses. In addition, the natural history of pediatric dengue early in illness in a community-based setting has not be...