Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
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Comparative Study
The differences of clinical manifestations and laboratory findings in children and adults with dengue virus infection.
Dengue haemorrhagic fever is an important public health problem and mainly occurs in children less than 15 years of age. Recently, the incidence of the disease have increased in adults but data on clinical and laboratory presentations of those affected are limited. ⋯ Some clinical presentations of dengue disease and laboratory findings in adults are different from those in children. Therefore, adults as well as pediatric cases of DHF need appropriate and prompt case management to reduce the mortality rate of DHF.