Application of molecular typing techniques in the 1998 dengue epidemic in Nicaragua

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 893-897

  Balmaseda, Angel ^a   Sandoval, Erick ^a   Pérez, Leonel ^a   Gutiérrez, Claudia Milena ^a   Harris, Eva ^b  

^a Ministerio de Salud   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; NICARAGUA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 2; DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 3; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033367873     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.893     Document Type: Article

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