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Diagnosis of severe dengue: Challenges, needs and opportunities

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020
Background: Delayed diagnosis of dengue cases with increased risk for severe disease could lead to poor disease outcome. To date there is no specific laboratory diagnostic test for severe dengue.
Pooi-Fong Wong, Li-Ping Wong, Sazaly AbuBakar   +2 more
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Clinical spectrum and risk factors of severe dengue infection: findings from the 2023 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Since the first detection of dengue in 2000, Bangladesh has been facing an increasing number of dengue patients and related deaths every year.
Orindom Shing Pulock, Adnan Mannan, Abul Faisal Md. Nuruddin Chowdhury, Golam Tousif, Koushik Majumder, Sabrina Monsur, H. M. Hamidullah Mehedi, Emrul Kaiser, Afreen Sultana, Md Abdul Hamid Sagar, Silvia Naznin Etu, Nazmul Alam, A. H. M. Tharakul Mazid, M. A. Sattar   +13 more
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Acute pancreatitis complicating severe dengue

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2014
Dengue is an arthropod borne viral infection endemic in tropical and subtropical continent. Severe dengue is life threatening. Various atypical presentations of dengue have been documented. But we present a rare and fatal complication of severe dengue in
Vishakha Jain, O P Gupta, Tarun Rao, Siddharth Rao   +3 more
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Role of soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) as a predictor for severe dengue infection [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Annually, around half a million people with severe dengue require hospitalization, all over the globe, with around 12,500 (2.5%) succumbing to the illness.
Arkit Deep Singh, Atul Saroch, Ashok Kumar Pannu, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Saurabh C. Sharda, Mandeep Bhatia, Kajal Kamboj   +6 more
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Development and Utility of Practical Indicators of Critical Outcomes in Dengue Patients Presenting to Hospital: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Global travel and climate change have drastically increased the number of countries with endemic or epidemic dengue. The largest dengue outbreak in Taiwan, with 43,419 cases and 228 deaths, occurred in 2015.
Chia-Yu Chi, Tzu-Ching Sung, Ko Chang, Yu-Wen Chien, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Yi-Fang Tu, Yi-Ting Huang, Hsin-I Shih   +7 more
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Dengue Fever and Severe Dengue in Barbados, 2008–2016 [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Analysis of the temporal, seasonal and demographic distribution of dengue virus (DENV) infections in Barbados was conducted using national surveillance data from a total of 3994 confirmed dengue cases. Diagnosis was confirmed either by DENV–specific real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT–PCR), or non–structural protein 1 (NS1 ...
Kirk Osmond Douglas, Sudip Kumar Dutta, Byron Martina, Fatih Anfasa, T. Alafia Samuels, Marquita Gittens-St. Hilaire   +5 more
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Epidemiology (2012-2019) and costs (2009-2019) of dengue in Malaysia: a systematic literature review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives: A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the epidemiology and economic burden of dengue in Malaysia. Methods: Embase, MEDLINE, Evidence-Based Reviews databases, and gray literature sources were searched for English and Malay ...
Sazaly AbuBakar, Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Randee Kastner, Louisa Oliver, Shi Hao Lim, Riona Hanley, Elaine Gallagher   +6 more
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Association between serum albumin levels and disease severity in adult patients with dengue: A 7-year retrospective cohort study in mainland China

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023
Objective: To identify the association between serum albumin levels and disease severity among adult patients with dengue in mainland China. Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed the data of adult patients (aged ≥ 18 years) hospitalized ...
Changtai Wang, Huiqin Yang, Jielan Xu, Jian Wang, Lingzhai Zhao, Wenxin Hong, Fuchun Zhang   +6 more
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Inflammasome Fuels Dengue Severity [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
Dengue is an acute febrile disease triggered by dengue virus. Dengue is the widespread and rapidly transmitted mosquito-borne viral disease of humans. Diverse symptoms and diseases due to Dengue virus (DENV) infection ranges from dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever (life-threatening) and dengue shock syndrome characterized by shock, endothelial ...
Gaurav Shrivastava, Paola Carolina Valenzuela Leon, Eric Calvo   +2 more
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Frequency of systemic involvement in patients with acute dengue fever - the expanded dengue syndrome: A retrospective review from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi

International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research, 2020
Background: Dengue is globally the most common arboviral disease. As the primary immunopathological target in dengue is the endothelium, presentations beyond the typical triad of fever, myalgias, and thrombocytopenia are increasingly encountered.
Ayesha Khalil, Sadia Ishaque, Adeel Khatri, Asif J Muhammad   +3 more
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