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. 2016 May 20;10(5):e0004575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004575

Table 5. Initial Diagnoses at First Healthcare Contact.

Children (<15 years) (n = 32) n %
Acute pharyngitis and/ or tonsillitis 11 34.4
Non-specific (viral) febrile illness 10 31.3
Dengue fever without warning signs 2 6.3
Dengue fever with warning signs 2 6.3
Decompensated DSS 1 3.1
Meningoencephalitis with septicaemic shock 1 3.1
Status epilepticus with presumed meningitis and pneumonia 1 3.1
Acute gastroenteritis 1 3.1
Roseola fever 1 3.1
Acute bronchiolitis 1 3.1
Adults (15–59 years) (n = 232)
Non-specific (viral) febrile illness 64 27.6
Dengue fever without warning signs 42 18.1
Acute pharyngitis and/ or tonsillitis 37 15.9
Dengue fever with warning signs 19 8.2
Severe dengue 14 6.0
Acute gastroenteritis 9 3.9
Compensated or decompensated DSS 7 3.0
Severe sepsis (infective diarrhoea, pneumonia) 7 3.0
Clinical leptospirosis 3 1.3
Urinary tract infection 2 0.9
Acute appendicitis 2 0.9
Bodyache and/ or headache 2 0.9
Labial abscess 1 0.4
Nephrolithiasis 1 0.4
Gastritis 1 0.4
Presumed measles 1 0.4
Presumed typhus 1 0.4
Elderly (≥60 years) (n = 56)
Non-specific (viral) febrile illness 12 21.4
Dengue fever without warning signs 9 16.0
Severe dengue 5 8.9
Compensated or decompensated DSS 5 8.9
Community acquired pneumonia with/ without septicaemic shock 5 8.9
Acute pharyngitis and/ or tonsillitis 3 5.3
Dengue fever with warning signs 2 3.5
Headache 2 3.5
Acute gastroenteritis 1 1.7
Severe sepsis with multiorgan failure 1 1.7
Advanced carcinoma rectum 1 1.7
Acute stroke 1 1.7
Urinary tract infection 1 1.7
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding 1 1.7
Indigestion 1 1.7

Details on diagnoses were missing in 1 patient (3.1%) for the children group, 19 for the adults (8.2%) and 7 for the elderly (12.5%).