Clinical Profiles of Dengue Infection during an Outbreak in Northern India
Table 1
DF/DHF
Grade
Signs and symptoms
Laboratory
DF
With or without haemorrhagic manifestations
Fever with two of the following: (i) Headache. (ii) Retro-orbital pain. (iii) Myalgia. (iv) Arthtralgia/bone pain. (v) Rash. (vi) Haemorrhagic manifestations. (vii) No evidence of plasma leakage.
Leucopenia (wbc ≤5000 cells/mm3). (i) Thrombocytopenia (platelet count <150 000 cells/mm3). (ii) Rising haematocrit (5%–10%). (iii) No evidence of plasma loss.
DHF
I
Fever and haemorrhagic manifestation (positive tourniquet test) and evidence of plasma leakage.