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MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
Volume 113, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180082
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dengue; haemorrhagic fever; Latin America; case fatality rate
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Dengue remains an unmet public health burden. We determined risk factors for dengue in-hospital mortality in Brazil. Of 326,380 hospitalised dengue cases in 9-45-year-old individuals, there were 971 deaths. Risk of dying was 11-times higher in the presence of underlying common comorbidities (renal, infectious, pulmonary disease and diabetes), similar to the risk of dying from severe dengue and much higher with the combination. Ensuring access to integrated dengue preventative measures in individuals aged >= 9 years including those with comorbidities may help achieve the WHO objective of 50% reduction in mortality and 25% reduction in morbidity due to dengue by 2020.
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