Open AccessPrevalencia y curso clínico de la infección por dengue en adultos mayores con cuadro febril agudo en un hospital de alta complejidad en Cali, Colombia
Author(s) -
Fernando Rosso,
Sara Vanegas,
Sarita Rodríguez,
Robinson Pacheco
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
biomédica/biomedica
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2590-7379
pISSN - 0120-4157
DOI - 10.7705/biomedica.v36i0.2961
Subject(s) - medicine , dengue fever , humanities , gynecology , virology , philosophy
Little is known about the prevalence and clinical course of dengue infection in elderly patients living in endemic areas; it is presumed that there is a lower prevalence but higher severity, complications and mortality.