• Emerging Infect. Dis. · Jul 2002

    First outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever, Bangladesh.

    • Mahbubur Rahman, Khalilur Rahman, A K Siddque, Shereen Shoma, A H M Kamal, K S Ali, Ananda Nisaluk, and Robert F Breiman.
    • Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health an Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. mahbubur@icddeb.org
    • Emerging Infect. Dis. 2002 Jul 1; 8 (7): 738-40.

    AbstractDuring the first countrywide outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Bangladesh, we conducted surveillance for dengue at a hospital in Dhaka. Of 176 patients, primarily adults, found positive for dengue, 60.2% had dengue fever, 39.2% dengue hemorrhagic fever, and 0.6% dengue shock syndrome. The Dengue virus 3 serotype was detected in eight patients.

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