Dengue severity in the elderly in Puerto Rico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14965726 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Enid J García-Rivera (0000-0001-6852-8854, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, corresponding author), José G Rigau-Pérez |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 362-8 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s1020-49892003000500004 |
| PMID | 12880516 |
| OpenAlex | W2133512653 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1020-49892003000500004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
The elderly appear to be more likely than youth and younger adults to develop severe illness when infected with the dengue virus, in a pattern similar to that of infants. The clinical evaluation of elderly patients with dengue must include a careful assessment of increased capillary permeability and occult hemorrhage in order to avoid complications from delayed identification and treatment of severe dengue infection. These findings are of increasing importance for dengue epidemiology and medical care in view of the expanding nature of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in a world that also has a growing number and proportion of elderly persons
Dengue fever · Dengue hemorrhagic fever · Dengue virus · Disease · Multivariate analysis · Occult · Pathology · Demography · Malaria Research and Control · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Viral Infections and Vectors · Epidemiology · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2018 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |