Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 11 , Pages 879-885 , November 2009

Dengue Fever Scoring System: New Strategy for the Early Detection of Acute Dengue Virus Infection in Taiwan

  • Ko Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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  • Po-Liang Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Laboratory of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Wen-Chien Ko

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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  • Jih-Jin Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Wu-Hsiung Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Bureau of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Chaur-Doug Chen

      Affiliations

    • Bureau of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Yen-Hsu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Tun-Chieh Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Hsiao-Chen Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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  • Chao-Ying Pan

      Affiliations

    • Bureau of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Ming-Rong Harn

      Affiliations

    • Department Graduate Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Rong Harn, Graduate Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, 370 Zer-Her 1st Street, 807 Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 4 October 2008 ,Revised 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 21 May 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60420-4

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60420-4

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 11 , Pages 879-885 , November 2009

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