title: Age and clinical dengue illness.
abstract: The relationship between age and risk for classic dengue fever has never been quantified. We use data from clinical patients to show that the relative risk of having classical disease after primary dengue virus infection increases with age. This relationship has implications for strategies aimed at controlling dengue fever.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. joe.egger@lshtm.ac.uk
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*