Spontaneous splenic rupture due to dengue fever: report of two cases
Dengue is a febrile illness caused by Flavivírus and mainly transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypiti which have been a serious epidemic in Rio de Janeiro. In most of cases it was a self limited disease. We report two cases of a serious and rare complication of this viral infection.
Main Authors: | Maria Roberta Meneguetti Seravali, Antônio Henrique Gomes dos Santos, Carlos Eduardo Fávero Costa, Diego Teixeira Alves Rangel, Leonardo Fernandes Valentim, Raphael Moreira Gonçalves |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000600019&lng=en&tlng=en |
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