Publication Date:
2008-11-16
Description:
Introduction: The clinical manifestations of dengue infection range from asymptomatic infection, undifferentiated fever, an influenza-like symptom as dengue fever (DF) to a severe, sometimes fatal disease characterized by hemorrhage and shock known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). In mild degrees of DHF (WHO grades I and II), the changes in the vital signs are minimal and transient while the severe degrees (WHO grades III and IV), also known as dengue shock syndrome (DSS), the blood pressure ranges from narrowing pulse pressure (
Print ISSN:
0006-4971
Electronic ISSN:
1528-0020
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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