CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris
DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2013
REGION: Central America (Managua, Nicaragua)
REFERENCE: Gutiérrez G, Gresh L, Pérez MÁ, Elizondo D, Avilés W, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of the traditional and revised WHO dengue case definitions. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Aug 22;7(8):e2385. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002385.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral illness, is a major public health problem worldwide, and its incidence continues to increase. In 2009, the World Health Organization published guidelines that included a revision of the dengue case definition. Compared to the traditional definition, the revised case definition relies more on signs than on symptoms, making it more applicable to young children. We evaluated the diagnostic utility of both case definitions in two studies of pediatric dengue in Managua, Nicaragua.
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