TABLE III. Comparison between dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF)/dengue shock syndrome (DSS) classification adapted by Brazilian Ministry of Health (2011) and the DHF/DSS classification for reporting severe dengue (SD) cases during a dengue epidemic in northeastern Brazil, 2011.
| NSD n (%) | NSD with warning signs n (%) | SD n (%) | Total n (%) | |
| DF | - | 1 (3.6) | - | 1 (1.2) |
| DWC | 3 (75) | 17 (60.7) | 32 (61.5) | 52 (61.9) |
| DSS | - | - | - | - |
| DHF | 1 (25) | 10 (35.7) | 20 (38.5) | 31 (36.9) |
| Total | 4 (100) (4.8 of total) | 28 (100) (33.3 of total) | 52 (100) (61.9 of total) | 84 (100) - |
DF: dengue fever; DWC: dengue with complications; NSD: non-severe dengue.