Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of Dengue Infections in Children From Sri Lanka.

Introduction: Analyzing dengue disease patterns from different parts of the world should help us formulate more evidence based treatment guidelines and appropriately allocate limited healthcare resources. Therefore, we described the disease characteristics of hospitalised pediatric patients with dengue infections from Sri Lanka during the 2017 dengue epidemic.

Methods: Clinical and biochemical characteristics of pediatric dengue patients treated at a secondary care hospital in Sri Lanka from 1 June 2017 to 31 August 2017 were analyzed.

Comparing the 2009 and 1997 World Health Organization dengue case classifications in a large cohort of South Asian patients.

Introduction: Due to the shortcomings in the 1997-World Health Organisation (WHO) dengue case classification (DCC), a revised classification was proposed in 2009. This study was aimed to assess the clinical usefulness of the two classifications during a large dengue epidemic.

Methodology: Clinical data of dengue patients admitted to selected units at National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Panadura Base Hospital and Nawaloka Hospital Colombo between June and August 2017 were collected prospectively.

Pattern of dengue virus infections in adult patients from Sri Lanka.

Background: Sri Lanka experienced its largest dengue epidemic in 2017. This study describes the disease pattern of adult dengue patients from two hospitals in Sri Lanka.

Methods: Demographic, clinical and investigation findings of adult dengue patients admitted to the two hospitals from June to August 2017 were collected and analysed.