Deaths associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever: the first in Australia in over a century
- 4 July 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 183 (1), 35-37
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06889.x
Abstract
A dengue fever epidemic was recognised in the Torres Strait Islands of Queensland in late 2003. Two fatal cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever occurred in early 2004. This severe manifestation is more common when a patient is infected a second time, with a different virus serotype to the first infection. These are the first fatalities related to dengue fever in Australia in over a century.Keywords
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