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Changing Patterns And Outcome Of Dengue Infection; Report From A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Roomasa Channa, Maliha Jumani, Afia Zafar
Changing Patterns And Outcome Of Dengue Infection; Report From A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Roomasa Channa, Maliha Jumani, Afia Zafar
Department of Medicine
Objective: To identify predictors of outcome in patients with Dengue Infections at a tertiary care hospital and to analyze that if pattern of Dengue infection is changing in the past two years.
Methods: We reviewed 225 cases of confirmed dengue virus infection. The diagnosis was confirmed by presence of IgM antibodies against Dengue by ELISA in addition to fever according to WHO criteria.
Results: From years 2000-2004, 30(73%) had Dengue Fever (DF), 10(24%) had Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and 1(2.4%) had Dengue shock syndrome (DSS) while after 2005, 107(58%) had DF, 71(39%) had DHF and 6(3%) had DSS. Six …