Winning research: charting the Hong Kong experience with dengue fever.
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The three contenders for the title, Risk factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among attendees of public sexually transmitted infection clinics in Hong Kong: implications for HIV prevention (Lee & Ho); Identifying prognostic factors for survival in advanced cancer patients: a prospective study (Lam et al); and Review of dengue fever cases in Hong Kong during 1998 to 2005 (Chuang et al) were all praised for their quality and detail by members of the HKMJ’s international editorial advisory board.
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Dengue fever.
158 Hong Kong Med J Vol 15 No 2 # April 2009 # www.hkmj.org To the Editor—I read with interest the article by Chuang et al on “Review of dengue fever cases in Hong Kong during 1998 to 2005”.1 They have provided an excellent overview of the epidemiology, clinical, laboratory findings, and outcomes of patients presenting in their hospital with dengue. In India, dengue fever is endemic in many pla...
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OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology, clinical and laboratory findings, and outcomes of patients presenting locally with dengue. DESIGN Retrospective review of case records. SETTING Public hospitals, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Medical records of all laboratory-confirmed dengue patients admitted to public hospitals during 1998 to 2005 were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS A total of 126 case...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi
دوره 15 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009