Researchers at University of Massachusetts, Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research release new data on dengue virus

Scientists discuss in "Natural history of plasma leakage in dengue hemorrhagic fever: a serial ultrasonographic study" new findings in dengue virus. "Although plasma leakage is the major cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), a detailed assessment of the natural course of this process is still lacking. We employed serial ultrasound examination to delineate the locations and the timing of plasma leakage and to evaluate the usefulness of ultrasound in detecting plasma leakage in DHF. Daily ultrasound examinations of the abdomen and right thorax were performed in 158 suspected dengue cases to detect ascites, thickened gall bladder wall and pleural...

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