Clinical evaluation of dengue and identification of risk factors for severe disease: protocol for a multicentre study in 8 countries
The burden of dengue continues to increase globally, with an estimated 100 million clinically apparent infections occurring each year. Although most dengue infections are asymptomatic, patients can present with a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms ranging from mild febrile illness through to severe...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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11 March 2016
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BMC infectious diseases
Year: 2016, Volume: 16 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12879-016-1440-3 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1440-3 Verlag, Volltext: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-016-1440-3 
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| Author Notes: | Thomas Jaenisch, Dong Thi Hoai Tam, Nguyen Tan Thanh Kieu, Tran Van Ngoc, Nguyen Tran Nam, Nguyen Van Kinh, Sophie Yacoub, Ngoun Chanpheaktra, Varun Kumar, Lucy Lum Chai See, Jameela Sathar, Ernesto Pleités Sandoval, Gabriela Maria Marón Alfaro, Ida Safitri Laksono, Yodi Mahendradhata, Malabika Sarker, Firoz Ahmed, Andrea Caprara, Bruno Souza Benevides, Ernesto T. A. Marques, Tereza Magalhaes, Patricia Brasil, Marco Netto, Adriana Tami, Sarah E. Bethencourt, Maria Guzman, Cameron Simmons, Nguyen Thanh Ha Quyen, Laura Merson, Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung, Dorothea Beck, Marius Wirths, Marcel Wolbers, Phung Khanh Lam, Kerstin Rosenberger and Bridget Wills |
| Summary: | The burden of dengue continues to increase globally, with an estimated 100 million clinically apparent infections occurring each year. Although most dengue infections are asymptomatic, patients can present with a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms ranging from mild febrile illness through to severe manifestations of bleeding, organ impairment, and hypovolaemic shock due to a systemic vascular leak syndrome. Clinical diagnosis of dengue and identification of which patients are likely to develop severe disease remain challenging. This study aims to improve diagnosis and clinical management through approaches designed a) to differentiate between dengue and other common febrile illness within 72 h of fever onset, and b) among patients with dengue to identify markers that are predictive of the likelihood of evolving to a more severe disease course. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 21.02.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12879-016-1440-3 |