Dengue - A Re-emerging Infectious Disease in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 664-670

  Goh, K T ^a  

^a 21 00 Environment Building   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aedes surveillance; Dengue virus serotype; Epidemiology; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031217730     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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