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Spontaneous splenic rupture due to dengue fever: report of two cases

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 12; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1413-86702008000600019

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Maria Roberta Meneguetti Seravali, Antônio Henrique Gomes dos Santos, Carlos Eduardo Fávero Costa, Diego Teixeira Alves Rangel, Leonardo Fernandes Valentim, Raphael Moreira Gonçalves,

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Dengue is a febrile illness caused by Flavivírus and mainly transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypiti which have been a serious epidemic in Rio de Janeiro. In most of cases it was a self limited disease. We report two cases of a serious and rare complication of this viral infection.