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First outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever, Bangladesh
Mahbubur Rahman1, Khalilur Rahman, A K Siddque
1Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health an Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. mahbubur@icddeb.org
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|July 4, 2002
Abstract:
During the first countrywide outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Bangladesh, we conducted surveillance for dengue at a hospital in Dhaka. Of 176 patients, primarily adults, found positive for dengue, 60.2% had dengue fever, 39.2% dengue hemorrhagic fever, and 0.6% dengue shock syndrome. The Dengue virus 3 serotype was detected in eight patients.