Changing prevalence of antibody to dengue virus in paired sera in the two years following an epidemic in Taiwan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-279

  Chen, W J ^a   King, C C ^b   Chien, L Y ^b   Chen, S L ^c   Fang, A H ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD SAMPLING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TAIWAN;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030665431     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007772     Document Type: Short Survey

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