Table 3. Comparison of WHO 1997 and adapted WHO 2009 dengue classifications among hospitalized children with laboratory-confirmed dengue diagnoses (n = 173).
| Adapted WHO 2009 classification | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-nonWS | DWWS | SD | Total | |||||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
| WHO 1997 classification | DF | (45.1%a) | 3 | (3.8%) | 68 | (87.2%) | 7 | (9.0%) | 78 | (100%) |
| DHF | (45.1%a) | 0 | (0%) | 50 | (64.1%) | 28 | (35.9%) | 78 | (100%) | |
| DSS | (9.8%a) | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) | 17 | (100%) | 17 | (100%) | |
| Total | 3 | (1.7%a) | 118 | (68.2%a) | 52 | (30.1%a) | 173 | (100%) | ||
DF, dengue fever; DHF, dengue hemorrhagic fever; DSS, dengue shock syndrome; DWWS, dengue with warning signs; SD, severe dengue.
a Percentage of each dengue clinical presentation observed out of the total number of laboratory-confirmed dengue patients.