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Clinical and epidemiological features of the 2014 large-scale dengue outbreak in Guangzhou city, China

Lin YP 1 , Luo Y 2 , Chen Y 3 , Lamers MM 4 , Zhou Q 5 , Yang XH 6 Show all authors , Sanyal S 7 , Mok CK 8 , Liu ZM 9

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  • 1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China. lin_y_p@hotmail.com
  • 2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, China. yashalo715@126.com
  • 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China. 249534077@qq.com
  • 4 HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. m.lamers@erasmusmc.nl
  • 5 Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, China. 13631412228@163.com
  • 6 Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, China. 673422349@qq.com
  • 7 HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. sanyal@hku.hk
  • 8 HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. ch02mkp@hku.hk
  • 9 Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China. gylzm08@126.com
BMC Infect Dis, 2016;16:102.
PMID: 26932451 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1379-4

Abstract

Dengue virus is transmitted by mosquito around the tropical and sub-tropical regions. There was a large-scale dengue epidemic in Guangdong province, China during 2014 and around fifty thousands dengue fever cases, including six deaths, have been reported. In this study, we aimed to understand the clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue virus (DENV) infection and determined the origin of the virus from the outbreak.

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