Dengue and other common causes of acute febrile illness in Asia: an active surveillance study in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Common causes of acute febrile illness in tropical countries have similar symptoms, which often mimic those of dengue. Accurate clinical diagnosis can be difficult without laboratory confirmation and disease burden is generally under-reported. Accurate, population-based, laboratory-confirmed incidence data on dengue and other causes of acute fever in dengue-endemic Asian countries are needed.

Methods and principal findings

This prospective, multicenter, active fever surveillance, cohort study was conducted in selected centers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to determine the incidence density of acute febrile episodes (≥ 38 °C for ≥ 2 days) in 1,500 healthy children aged 2-14 years, followed for a mean 237 days. Causes of fever were assess

SUBMITTER: Capeding MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3723539 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature