Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics associated with dengue fever in 2011–2016 in Bang Phae district, Ratchaburi province, Thailand

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 15; no. 6; p. e0009513
• Main Authors: Lim, Jacqueline Kyungah, Chanthavanich, Pornthep, Limkittikul, Kriengsak, Lee, Jung-Seok, Sirivichayakul, Chukiat, Lee, Kang Sung, Lim, Sl-Ki, Yoon, In-Kyu, Hattasingh, Weerawan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Age; Algorithms; Antibodies, Viral - immunology; Biology and life sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Decision making; Demographic aspects; Dengue; Dengue - diagnosis; Dengue - epidemiology; Dengue - virology; Dengue fever; Dengue Virus - isolation & purification; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Ethics; Female; Fever; Fever - diagnosis; Fever - epidemiology; Health surveillance; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals; Human diseases; Humans; Infant; Infections; Informed consent; Laboratories; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Patients; People and Places; Population; Public health; Risk factors; Secondary infection; Serogroup; Serology; Site selection; Statistics; Thailand - epidemiology; Transmission; Tropical diseases; Vaccines; Vector-borne diseases; Viral diseases; Viral Nonstructural Proteins - analysis; Thailand

Dengue is a major public health problem in Thailand, but data are often focused on certain dengue-endemic areas. Methods: To better understand dengue epidemiology and clinical characteristics in Thailand, a fever surveillance study was conducted among patients aged 1-55 years, who presented with non...