A preliminary study of neopterin as a potential marker for severe dengue virus infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-448

  Babb, K ^a   Carrington, C V F ^a   Monteil, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Dengue shock syndrome; Dengue virus; Neopterin; Prognostic marker

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYTOKINE; NEOPTERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032817113     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90155-4     Document Type: Article

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