Volume 8, Number 7—July 2002
Dispatch
First Outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Bangladesh
Mahbubur Rahman*
, Khalilur Rahman†, A. K. Siddque*, Shereen Shoma*, A. H. M. Kamal†, K. S. Ali*, Ananda Nisaluk‡, and Robert F. Breiman*
, Khalilur Rahman†, A. K. Siddque*, Shereen Shoma*, A. H. M. Kamal†, K. S. Ali*, Ananda Nisaluk‡, and Robert F. Breiman*
Table
Distribution of serologically positive dengue cases by type of infections in adults and children, Bangladesh, 2000
| Type of infection, by age groupa | No. (%) of dengue cases, by category |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dengue fever (n=104) | Dengue hemorrhagic fever (n=69) | Dengue shock syndrome (n=1) | Total cases (n=174)b | |
| Primary Adults | 39 (37.5) 26 (25.0) | 11 (15.9) 10 (14.5) | 0 (0) 0 (0) | 50 (28.7) 36 (20.7) |
| Children | 13 (12.5) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 14 (8.0) |
| Secondary Adults | 65 (62.5) 55 (52.9) | 58 (84.1) 51 (73.9) | 1 (100) 1 (100) | 124 (71.3) 107 (61.5) |
| Children | 10 (9.6) | 7 (10.1) | 0 (0) | 17 (9.8) |
aAdults >18 yrs of age; children <18 yrs of age.
bTwo cases that were negative by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and positive by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction were not included.
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