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Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics between children and adults with dengue
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Autores: Souza,Luiz José de; Pessanha,Laís Bastos; Mansur,Laura Carvalho; Souza,Luiza Assed de; Ribeiro,Mariana Barbosa Tâmega; Silveira,Monique do Vale da; Souto Filho,João Tadeu Damian.
Over the past several years, the epidemiological profile of dengue has been changing progressively and is currently characterized by an increase in the number of cases in children under 15 years of age. This study was aimed at comparing the clinical and laboratory features between adults and children with dengue; therefore, we performed a cross-sectional analysis of 5686 individuals with laboratory-confirmed dengue who sought treatment at a healthcare facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2010 to 2011. A multivariate analysis indicated that myalgia (OR = 2.58; CI 95% = 2.08-3.18), retro-orbital pain (OR = 1.36; CI 95% = 1.15-1.62), nausea (OR = 1.92; CI 95% = 1.60-2.30), and arthralgia (OR = 3.64; CI 95% = 2.72-4.89) were the most frequent clinical...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Dengue; Dengue fever; Clinical spectra; Epidemiology.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000100005