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    Serotype-specific differences in the risk of dengue hemorrhagic fever: an analysis of data collected in Bangkok, Thailand from 1994 to 2006.
    (2010-03) Fried, Jessica R.; Gibbons, Robert V.; Siripen Kalayanarooj; Thomas, Stephen J.; Anon Srikiatkhachorn,; Yoon, In-Kyu; Jarman, Richard G.; Green, Sharone; Rothman, Alan L.; Cummings, Derek A. T.; Fried, Jessica R.; Mahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU).
    , ascites, thrombocytopenia, hemoconcentration) were associated with serotype. Crude and adjusted odds ratios were calculated. There were 162 (36%) cases with DENV-1, 102 (23%) with DENV-2, 123 (27%) with DENV-3, and 64 (14%) with DENV-4.... In addition, we found non-significant trends with other grades of DHF. Restricting the analysis to secondary disease we found DENV-2 and -3 to be twice as likely to result in DHF as DEN-4. Differences in severity by study year may suggest that other factors
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    Hypertension preventive behavior among pre-hypertensive adults in Phutthamonthon district, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand
    (2015) Robinson Mariyasoosai; Jiraporn Chompikul; Boonyong Keiwkarnka; Somsak Wongsawass; Mahidol University. ASEAN Institute for Health Development
    The objectives of this research were to describe the hypertension preventive behavior and related risk factors among pre-hypertensive adults aged 35 years or older in Phutthamonthon district, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. Stratified sampling... and dependent variables. Preventive behavior was regarded as the dependent variable and other factors such as socio-demographic factors, physical factors, psycho-social factors and cues to action as independent variables. The results showed that only 22