A Two-Year Review on Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Dengue Deaths in Malaysia, 2013-2014

Dengue infection is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, which affects people living in the tropical and subtropical countries. Malaysia had large dengue outbreaks in recent years. We aimed to study the demographics and clinical characteristics associated with dengue deaths in Malaysi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016-05, Vol.10 (5), p.e0004575-e0004575
Hauptverfasser:	Woon, Yuan Liang, Hor, Chee Peng, Hussin, Narwani, Zakaria, Ariza, Goh, Pik Pin, Cheah, Wee Kooi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age groups Aged Analysis Child Child, Preschool Comorbidity Data collection Demography Dengue - diagnosis Dengue - epidemiology Dengue - mortality Dengue - virology Dengue fever Dengue hemorrhagic fever Development and progression Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Epidemiology Fatalities Female Funding Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Illnesses Infections Malaysia Malaysia - epidemiology Male Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality People and Places Pneumonia - epidemiology Pneumonia - mortality Pneumonia - virology Retrospective Studies Risk factors Severe Dengue - diagnosis Severe Dengue - epidemiology Severe Dengue - mortality Severe Dengue - virology Studies Time Factors Tropical diseases Virus diseases Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Dengue infection is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, which affects people living in the tropical and subtropical countries. Malaysia had large dengue outbreaks in recent years. We aimed to study the demographics and clinical characteristics associated with dengue deaths in Malaysia. We conducted a retrospective review on all dengue deaths that occurred nationwide between 1st January 2013 and 31st December 2014. Relevant data were extracted from mortality review reports and investigational forms. These cases were categorized into children (
ISSN:	1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pntd.0004575