Short communication: Dengue serotype 2 subtype III ('Jamaica') epidemic in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 857-858

  Van Der Stuyft, P ^a   Gianella, A ^b   Pirard, M ^b   Holzman, A ^b   Peredo, C ^b   Boelaert, M ^a   Vorndam, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Bolivia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Dengue; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Dengue 2 subtype III ('Jamaica')

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; URBAN AREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMAN; SEROTYPING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SEROTYPING;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0031731254     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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