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Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
Dispatch

Health-Related Quality of Life after Dengue Fever, Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017

Annika Schulte12, Ingo Weber13, Diana Carolina Tiga-Loza, Irma Y. Amaya Larios, Donald S. Shepard, Cynthia A. Tschampl, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Ruth A. Martínez-Vega, Florian Fischer, Lilia Chihu, and Jose Ramos-CastañedaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany (A. Schulte, I. Weber, F. Fischer); Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Bucaramanga, Colombia (D.C. Tiga-Loza); National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico (I.Y. Amaya Larios, L. Chihu, J. Ramos-Castañeda); Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA (D.S. Shepard, C.A. Tschampl); Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (E.A. Undurraga); Núcleo Milenio para el Estudio del Curso de Vida y la Vulnerabilidad, Santiago (E.A. Undurraga); Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga (R.A. Martinez-Vega); Universidad Anahuac, Huizquilican, Mexico (J. Ramos-Castañeda)

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Figure 2

Average health-related quality of life, as measured by the EQ-5D index score, in patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue from days 1–6 of a dengue fever episode (A) and from baseline to 121–180 days (B), Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017. The EQ-5D scale is a standardized method for measuring health status. n values indicate number of patients responding to questionnaire during the indicated day range. Error bars indicate 95% CI.

Figure 2. Average health-related quality of life, as measured by the EQ-5D index score, in patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue during days 1–6 of a dengue fever episode (A) and from baseline to 121–180 days (B), Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017. The EQ-5D scale is a standardized method for measuring health status. n values indicate number of patients responding to questionnaire during the indicated day range. Error bars indicate 95% CI.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2Current affiliation: German Doctors e.V., Bonn, Germany.

3Current affiliation: Centre for Fire Protection and Rescue Services–Hochsauerlandkreis District, Meschede, Germany.

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