Table 1 Characteristics of 200 clinically diagnosed cases and 2050 laboratory-confirmed cases of dengue fever from the three hospitals in Guangdong Province.

From: Multiple Sources of Infection and Potential Endemic Characteristics of the Large Outbreak of Dengue in Guangdong in 2014

Symptoms

Number of cases

Proportion (%)

Diagnosis methods

Fever

200

100

200 clinically diagnosed cases

Headache

70

35.0

Rash

59

29.5

Myalgia

121

60.5

bleeding spots under the skin)

40

20.0

Bleeding

14

7.0

Arthralgia

36

18.0

Fever + Headache + Rash + Myalgia

13.8

6.9

Leucopenia

1152

56.2

2050 laboratory-confirmed cases

Thrombocytopenia

1259

61.4

*Serum AST elevation

1574

76.8

*Serum ALT elevation

873

42.6

  1. *Serum AST and ALT levels were not included in the Dengue diagnosis standard, but were used as indicators to show liver abnormality.
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