Dengue em crianças: da notificação ao óbito
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2012
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Objectives: To report the historical aspects, epidemio-
logical and clinical features of dengue fever in children,
stressing the importance of disease reporting for prevention
of deaths and morbidity in children.
Data source: A review of the major studies published
on dengue and dengue in children was performed. The fol-
lowing databases Lilacs, SciELO, Medline and Scopus were
studied along with official documents of the Ministry of
Health of Brazil. The search covered the period from January
1980 to March 2011 and a combination of the following
terms was applied: dengue, dengue in children, pediatric
dengue, and disease notification.
Data synthesis: All studied found were evaluated and a
timeline and key information connected to the theme were
established; factors related to the virus and the vector were also
included, and information on the clinical characteristics and
importance of reporting the disease have been identified, as
well as relevant research and elucidation of all deaths reported.
There are a number of studies on the subject, but a greater
emphasis was given to those relevant to children.
Conclusions: The knowledge of this disease, which
constitutes the main emerging and reemerging disease at
the present, is essential for early diagnosis, timely treatment
and prevention of deaths. Adequate report of cases is still
lacking as well as an improvement of description of deaths
in children with dengue.
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Dengue, Notificação de doenças, Criança, Dengue, Child, Disease notification
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ABE, Adriana Helena M.; MARQUES, Solomar Martins; Costa, Paulo Sérgio S. Dengue em crianças: da notificação ao óbito. Revista Paulista de Pediatria, São Paulo, v. 30, n. 2, p. 263-271, 2012.