Tourniquet Test for Dengue Diagnosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Antonio Jose Grande, Hamish Reid, Emma Thomas, Charlie Foster, Thomas C Darton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Rapid Point
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004888; https://doaj.org/article/7b32fce8f3da44b88fa154ac1dfdc5f5

BACKGROUND:Dengue fever is a ubiquitous arboviral infection in tropical and sub-tropical regions, whose incidence has increased over recent decades. In the absence of a rapid point of care test, the clinical diagnosis of dengue is complex. The World Health Organisation has outlined diagnostic criter...