TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac involvement in dengue virus infections during the 2004/2005 dengue fever season in Sri Lanka
AU - Wichmann, Dominic
AU - Kularatne, Senanayake
AU - Ehrhardt, Stephan
AU - Wijesinghe, Sriyal
AU - Brattig, Norbert W.
AU - Abel, Walter
AU - Burchard, Gerd D.
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PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - Sri Lanka experienced a dramatic increase in dengue cases (15,400) in the 2004 - 2005 season. We carried out a prospective study to investigate cardiac involvement in dengue virus infected patients during the 2004 - 2005 season in Peradeniya, Central Province, Sri Lanka. Cardiac involvement was defined as elevated levels of myoglobin, creatine kinase-muscle brain-type, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, heart-type fatty acid-binding protein and troponin T. Twenty-five percent of dengue virus infected patients had one or more of the above tests with abnormal results.
AB - Sri Lanka experienced a dramatic increase in dengue cases (15,400) in the 2004 - 2005 season. We carried out a prospective study to investigate cardiac involvement in dengue virus infected patients during the 2004 - 2005 season in Peradeniya, Central Province, Sri Lanka. Cardiac involvement was defined as elevated levels of myoglobin, creatine kinase-muscle brain-type, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, heart-type fatty acid-binding protein and troponin T. Twenty-five percent of dengue virus infected patients had one or more of the above tests with abnormal results.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 19842405
AN - SCOPUS:68649128412
SN - 0125-1562
VL - 40
SP - 727
EP - 730
JO - Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
JF - Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
IS - 4
ER -