Epidemilogical retrospective study of deaths caused by Dengue fever (DF)/ Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Southern Vietnam, 1999
- Author:
Tien Thi Kim Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dengue fever
- MeSH:
Dengue;
epidemiology;
death
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2002;12(1):83-87
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The authors conducted a retrospective study of deaths caused by DF/DHF in Southern Vietnam in 1999. The results showed that most of deaths (92.5%) are under 15 years of age peaking with the age group 5-9 years; 79.2% of them live in the region of Mekong delta. Several cases were transferred to hospital 3 or 4 days after the onset of illness; 45% of all deaths occur during the first 24 hours of hospitalization; 64.4% of them come from provincial hospital and 20.8% come from district hospitals.
