An epidemic of dengue fever in Karachi - Associated clinical manifestations

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 178-181

  Qureshi, Jazibeh A ^a   Notta, Nasreen J ^a   Salahuddin, Naseem ^a   Zaman, Viqar ^a   Khan, Javaid A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOSQUITO; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031184179     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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