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Table 3 Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 452 laboratory confirmed dengue cases, Central Brazil, 2012 and 2013

From: Dengue-specific serotype related to clinical severity during the 2012/2013 epidemic in centre of Brazil

Parameters

Dengue Fever

N = 188 (%)

Dengue with Warning Signs

N = 238 (%)

Severe Dengue

N = 26 (%)

Gender

 Female

78 (41.5)

143 (60.1)

14 (53.8)

Age group (years)

  < 1

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

0

 2 a 14

11 (5.8)

26 (10.9)

3 (11.5)

 15 a 39

108 (57.5)

123 (51.6)

10 (38.5)

 40 a 59

44 (23.4)

63 (26.5)

11 (42.3)

  ≥ 60

24 (12.8)

25 (10.5)

2 (7.7)

Comorbidity

46 (24.5)

60 (25.2)

9 (34.6)

Antibody response pattern

 Primary

38 (27.3)

40 (23.0)

2 (13.3)

 Secondary

101 (72.7)

134 (77.0)

13 (86.7)

Serotypesa

 DENV-1

35 (18.6)

47 (19.7)

9 (34.6)

 DENV-2

2 (1.1)

2 (0.8)

0

 DENV-3

3 (1.6)

10 (4.2)

0

 DENV-4

63 (33.5)

72 (30.3)

0

 Undetectable

75 (39.9)

98 (41.2)

15 (57.7)

 Not done

10 (5.3)

9 (3.8)

2 (7.7)

  1. aSerotypes determined by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)