Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: The Sensitivity and Specificity of the World Health Organization Definition for Identification ofn Severe Cases of Dengue in Thailand, 1994–2005

摘要

Background. Dengue virus infection causes a spectrum of clinical manifestations, usually classified according to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines into dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The ability of these guidelines to categorize severe dengue illness has recently been questioned.