Arterial hypertension and skin allergy are risk factors for progression from dengue to dengue hemorrhagic fever: a case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, knowledge does not allow early prediction of which cases of dengue fever (DF) will progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), to allow early intervention to prevent progression or to limit severity. The objective of this study is to investigate the hypothesis that some specific comorbidities increase the likelihood of a DF case progressing to DHF.

Methods

A concurrent case-control study, conducted during dengue epidemics, from 2009 to 2012. Cases were patients with dengue fever that progressed to DHF, and controls were patients of dengue fever who did not progress to DHF. Logistic regression was used to estimate the association between DHF and comorbidities.

Results

There were 490 cases of DHF and 1,316 controls. Among adults, progression to DHF

SUBMITTER: Teixeira MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4440722 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature