TY - JOUR AU - Ha, Do Quang AU - Tien, Nguyen Thi Kim AU - Huong, Vu Thi Que AU - Loan, Huynh Thi Kim AU - Thang, Cao Minh T1 - Dengue Epidemic in Southern Vietnam, 1998 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 422 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A widespread epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) occurred in southern Vietnam in 1998, with 438.98 cases/100,000 population and 342 deaths. The number of DHF cases and deaths per 100,000 population increased 152.4% and 151.8% over a 1997 epidemic. Dengue viruses were isolated from 143 patient blood samples; DEN-3 virus was identified as the predominant serotype, although a resurgence of DEN-4 was noted. KW - Dengue KW - Vietnam KW - dengue hemorrhagic fever KW - DHF KW - DEN-3 virus KW - DEN-4 DO - 10.3201/eid0604.000421 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/4/00-0421_article ER - End of Reference