DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER IN THE STATE OF RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A STUDY OF 56 CONFIRMED CASES

Authors
ZAGNE SMO ALVES VGF NOGUEIRA RMR MIAGOSTOVICH MP LAMPE E TAVARES W
Citation
Smo. Zagne et al., DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER IN THE STATE OF RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A STUDY OF 56 CONFIRMED CASES, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 88(6), 1994, pp. 677-679
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00359203
Volume
88
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
677 - 679
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9203(1994)88:6<677:DHITSO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We studied 56 cases of serologically confirmed dengue haemorrhagic fev er living in the metropolitan area of Niteroi and surrounding cities i n the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The most frequent findings were fever and myalgia. Spontaneous haemorrhagic manifestations occurred i n 46 patients, and 23 of these had more than one kind of bleeding; pet echiae and bleeding gums were the most frequent association. The distr ibution according to the World Health Organization's criteria of sever ity was 6 in grade I, 23 in grade II, 24 in grade III and 3 in grade I V.