The timeliness of notification of clinically suspected cases of dengue imported into north Queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 414-417

  Malcolm, Ruth L ^a   Hanna, Jeffrey N ^b   Phillips, Debra A ^b  

^a TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SUPERINFECTION; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIREMIA;

EID: 0032772391     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01285.x     Document Type: Article

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