Pathologic highlights of dengue hemorrhagic fever in 13 autopsy cases from Myanmar

KS Aye, K Charngkaew, N Win, KZ Wai, K Moe… - Human pathology, 2014 - Elsevier
Vascular permeability, thrombocytopenia, liver pathology, complement activation, and
altered hemostasis accompanying a febrile disease are the hallmarks of the dengue
hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome, a major arthropod-borne viral disease that
causes significant morbidity and mortality throughout tropical countries. We studied tissues
from 13 children who died of acute dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome at
the Childrens' Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar. Dengue viral RNA from each of the 4 dengue …