Evaluation of the WHO 2009 classification for diagnosis of acute dengue in a large cohort of adults and children in Sri Lanka during a dengue-1 epidemic

• Main Authors: Bodinayake C.K., Tillekeratne L.G., Nagahawatte A., Devasiri V., Kodikara Arachchi W., Strouse J.J., Sessions O.M., Kurukulasooriya R., Uehara A., Howe S., Ong X.M., Tan S., Chow A., Tummalapalli P., De Silva A.D., Østbye T., Woods C.W., Gubler D.J., Reller M.E.
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: immunoglobulin G; immunoglobulin M; adult; arthralgia; Article; bleeding; blood sampling; crackle; dengue; Dengue virus 1; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; epidemic; fatigue; female; fever; follow up; human; leukopenia; major clinical study; male; middle aged; oliguria; physician; real time polymerase chain reaction; seroconversion; sore throat; tertiary care center; thrombocytopenia; virus isolation; world health organization; young adult; acute disease; adolescent; child; classification; cohort analysis; complication; Dengue virus; evaluation study; genetics; hospitalization; isolation and purification; polymerase chain reaction; preschool child; severe dengue; severity of illness index; Sri Lanka; Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Dengue; Dengue Virus; Epidemics; Female; Fever; Hospitalization; Humans; Leukopenia; Male; Middle Aged; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Severe Dengue; Severity of Illness Index; Tertiary Care Centers; Thrombocytopenia; World Health Organization; Young Adult
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/165621
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pntd.0006258