Transmission of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever: At Home or School? ¶

¶Most dengue infections in young children (<15 years) are asymptomatic or marginally symptomatic. A study of schoolchildren in Thailand found only 13% of those infected missed more than one day of school because of illness*. The importance of clinically inapparent cases as “viraemic subjects” may not be underestimated, as inapparent cases could maintain silent transmission as observed in Tonga.** – Editor