FATAL OUTCOME OF INFECTION BY DENGUE 4 IN A PATIENT WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA AS A COMORBID CONDITION IN BRAZIL

Dengue is currently a major public-health problem. Dengue virus (DENV) is classified into four distinct serotypes, DENV 1-4. After 28 years of absence, DENV-4 was again detected in Brazil in 2010 in Roraima State, and one year later, the virus was identified in the northern Brazilian states of Amazo...

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Main Authors: Amâncio, Frederico Figueiredo, Pereira, Maira Alves, Iani, Felipe Campos de Melo, D'anunciação, Lorena, de Almeida, Jorge Luís Carvalho, Soares, Janer Aparecida Silveira, Ferraz, Marcela Lencine, Vale, Thiago Cardoso, Lambertucci, José Roberto, Carneiro, Mariângela
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085867/