Fatal primary dengue infections in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-

  Nogueira, R M R ^a   Miagostovich, M P ^a   Cunha, R V ^b   Zagne, S M O ^c   Gomes, F P ^d   Nicol, A F ^e   Coelho, J C O ^e   Schatzmayr, H G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Regional de Mato Grosso do Sul   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria Municipal de Saúde Prefeitura de Quissamã   (Brazil)

^d Laboratório Central   (Brazil)

^e Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dengue fever; Fatality; Primary infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PRIMARY INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032856720     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90142-6     Document Type: Article

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