The 1993 dengue 2 epidemic in Charters Towers, North Queensland: Clinical features and public health impact

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-156

  Mcbride, W J H ^a,b   Mullner, H ^a   Labrooy, J T ^a   Wronski, I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0031692178     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001058     Document Type: Article

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