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Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Thailand

Geomedical Observations on Developments Over the Period 1970–1979

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  • © 1983

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Authors:
  1. Hella Wellmer

    1. Institut für Geographie am Südasien-Institut der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1, Germany

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Part of the book series: Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (HD AKAD, volume 1983 / 1983)

Part of the book sub series: Sitzungsber.Heidelberg 83 (1005)

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Table of contents (5 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Hella Wellmer
    Pages 1-8

  3. Thailand

    • Hella Wellmer
    Pages 9-15

  4. The Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Situation in Thailand Until 1970

    • Hella Wellmer
    Pages 16-19

  5. Study Findings

    • Hella Wellmer
    Pages 20-31

  6. Conclusions

    • Hella Wellmer
    Pages 32-34

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 35-42
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About this book

On the occasion of a research visit to Thailand in my capacity as a member of the governing board of the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, I saw for the first time the severe clinical picture of dengue with haemorrhagic symptoms among Thai children. This visit had been made possible by Profes­ sor Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Ouay Ketusinh of Bangkok, to whom I wish to express my sincere thanks in this place. In 1972 the German medical literature - the periodical Medizinische Klinik, vol. 87, pp. 152-56, to be precise - had drawn attention to this new phenomenon in the disease panorama of South East Asia, indicating a change in dengue fever from being a relatively benign tropical dis­ ease to a form having serious clinical and epidemiological ramifications. During the ten years following my first publication the new clinical picture, described as "dengue haemorrhagic fever", has become a standard component in the Thailand's system of notifiable diseases. So too, the World Health Orga­ nization publishes regular reports in its Weekly Records. On March 30/31, 1981, its Regional Office for South East Asia convened a special conference in New Delhi, thus emphasizing the significance of the diffusion of this new clini­ cal picture in the states of South East Asia.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Geographie am Südasien-Institut der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Hella Wellmer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Thailand

  • Book Subtitle: Geomedical Observations on Developments Over the Period 1970–1979

  • Authors: Hella Wellmer

  • Series Title: Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69152-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-69154-6Published: 19 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-69152-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0371-0165

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 42

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Internal Medicine

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