Incidence of dengue fever in relation to climatic factors in Ludhiana, Punjab

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 108, Issue OCT., 1998, Pages 128-133

  Ram, Shobha ^a   Khurana, S ^a   Kaushal, V ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Khurana, S B ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Climatic factors; Dengue blot; Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF); Dengue shock syndrome (DSS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DENGUE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031783741     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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