title: [Treatment of Argentine hemorrhagic fever with convalescent's plasma. 4433 cases].
abstract: During the 23 consecutive annual epidemics of Argentine haemorrhagic fever observed from 1959 to 1983, a group of 4,433 patients were treated at Junin (Argentina) with convalescent's plasma; the overall mortality rate was 3.29%. In 1958, before convalescent's plasma was used, the mortality rate in 448 patients who received the conventional treatment was 42.85%. The difference between the two groups is highly significant and demonstrates the value of convalescent's plasma in the treatment of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006478:Hemorrhagic Fever, American / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010949:Plasma
vernacular_title: Traitement de la fièvre hémorragique argentine par le plasma de convalescent. 4,433 cas.