Dengue Virus Infection among Children with Undifferentiated Fever in Karachi

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 735-740

  Akram, Dure Samin ^a   Igarashi, Akira ^b   Takasu, T ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dengue virus; Undifferentiated fever

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0032148766     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02731055     Document Type: Article

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