Background: Dengue viral infection, i.e., dengue fever (DF), and its sever form, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS), form the most important mosquito-borne diseases and have become a major global public health concern. The World Health Organization estimates that 50 million dengue infections occur annually and 500,000 people require hospitalization each year.
Objective: To evaluate the clinical features and outcome of dengue infection case admitted in a tertiary-care hospital (government fever hospital) in Hyderabad.
Materials and Methods: A hospital record-based descriptive study was performed in a tertiary-care hospital in Hyderabad. Medical records of 80 seropositive dengue patients who were admitted from July 1 to August 31, 2015 were studied and analyzed.
Result: Of 80 seropositive dengue patients, 25% were female and 75% were male patients, 24% patients were
Key words: Dengue infection, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), dengue shock syndrome (DSS), hypotensive people, thrombocytopenia
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