@article {10.3844/ajidsp.2008.10.17,
article_type = {journal},
title = {High Case-Fatality Rate of Adults With Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever During An Outbreak In Non-Endemic Taiwan: Risk Factors For Dengue-Infected Elders},
author = {Liu, Ching-Chuan and Huang, Kao-Jean and Huang, Mei-Chih and Lin, J.-J. and Wang, S.-M. and Liu, Jen-Jou and Tsai, Jih-Jin and Huang, Jyh-Hsiung and Lin, Yee-Shin and Liu, Hsiao-Sheng and Yeh, Trai-Ming and Lei, Huan-Yao},
volume = {4},
number = {1},
year = {2008},
month = {Mar},
pages = {10-17},
doi = {10.3844/ajidsp.2008.10.17},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajidsp.2008.10.17},
abstract = {In 2002, a dengue outbreak occurred in Taiwan with 5336 confirmed cases, 242 DHF and 21 death, the case fatality rate reached 8.7% (21/242). The demographic data of these age-specific dengue patients showed that dengue virus infection caused symptom primarily occurred in adults. A comparative analysis of clinical and laboratory data for DF, DHF/DSS and fatal DSS found that high fatality from dengue infection was associated with the following patient conditions: (1) age above 55 years, (2) underlying diseases with hypertension, chronic renal insufficiency, or diabetes, (3) abnormal thrombocytopenia, APTT and PT prolongation, low hematocrit (},
journal = {American Journal of Infectious Diseases},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}