@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00025316, author = {Nguyen, Duy Thanh and Pham, Ngoc Giao}, issue = {4}, journal = {熱帯医学 Tropical medicine}, month = {Mar}, note = {Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) is one of the major infectious diseases in Viet Nam. In the south of Viet Nam, DHF occurs all the year round. The number of DHF cases has been recorded as the greatest one among many countries in the world (1983: 77,087 cases and 1,301 deaths; 1987: 83,905 cases and 904 deaths). The DHF morbidity rate in children in south of Viet Nam was high (380.73/100,000 population in the 1983 epidemic and 378.37/100,000 population in the 1987 epidemic). The mortality rate in Ho Chi Minh city (1981-1990) is 1.05 (/100,000 population) and the mean mortality rate (/total of cases) is 0.55%. The majority of confirmed cases were children of 5-9 years old. In the DHF with shock, hepatomegaly relates to the severe grades. In the traetment of DHF without shock, patients were given fluid to drink on the first day to prevent shock., 熱帯医学 Tropical medicine 36(4). p177-186, 1995}, pages = {177--186}, title = {Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Ho Chi Minh City and the Centre for Tropical Diseases; Viet Nam}, volume = {36}, year = {1995} }