Laboratory diagnosis of acute dengue fever during the United Nations mission in Haiti, 1995-1996

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-278

  Rossi, Cynthia A ^a   Drabick, Joseph J ^b   Gambel, Jeffrey M ^b   Sun, Wellington ^b   Lewis, Tamara E ^a   Henchal, Erik A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0031709863     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.275     Document Type: Article

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