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Dengue--How Best to Classify It

Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Dengue has emerged as a major public health problem worldwide. Dengue virus infection causes a wide range of clinical manifestations. Since the 1970s, clinical dengue has been classified according to the World Health Organization guideline as dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever. The classification has been criticized with regard to its usefulness and its applicability. In 2009, the World Health Organization issued a new guideline that classifies clinical dengue as dengue and severe dengue. The 2009 classification differs significantly from the previous classification in both conceptual and practical levels. The impacts of the new classification on clinical practice, dengue research, and public health policy are discussed.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir451
Authors: A. Srikiatkhachorn, A. L. Rothman, R. V. Gibbons, N. Sittisombut, P. Malasit, F. A. Ennis, S. Nimmannitya, S. Kalayanarooj
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, University of Rhode Island, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science, Chiang Mai University, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2139478711
FWCI: 11.59
Cites: 32
Cited by: 142
Related to: 10