What question did this study set out to answer?

This research aims to identify individual risk factors associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever and associated complications in Cuba.

September 1, 1987

Why dengue haemorrhagic fever in Cuba? I. Individual risk factors for dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS)

Key Points

This research aims to identify individual risk factors associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever and associated complications in Cuba.
Analyzed cases during the 1981 dengue epidemic in Cuba.
Examined multiple patient groups, including those with severe disease and fatal cases.
Evaluated individual factors such as race and chronic diseases in the context of DHF/DSS.
Secondary infections were observed in 95-98.3% of patients with DHF/DSS.
Additional chronic diseases, including asthma, diabetes, and sickle cell anemia, significantly increased the risk of developing DHF/DSS.
DHF/DSS was found to be more prevalent among white individuals compared to black individuals.

Abstract

During the dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS) epidemic in Cuba in 1981, we identified some individual risk factors for the development of the severe clinical picture or for the fatal outcome of the disease. The percentage of secondary infection in 3 groups of patients with DHF/DSS was between 95 and 98.3 and it is concluded that secondary infection is an important, but not the only, condition for the development of DHF/DSS. An analysis of these 3 groups of patients and a fourth group of fatal cases showed that chronic diseases such as bronchial asthma, diabetes mellitus and sickle cell anaemia were additional risk factors contributing significantly to the development of DHF/DSS. The study also revealed that race was an individual risk factor, since DHF/DSS was more prevalent in white than in black persons.

AI से पूछें

Bookmark

Cite This Study

Bravo et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a159db6a2f71238514e9547 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(87)90041-1

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

AI से पूछें

Bookmark