Solomon Islands dengue seroprevalence study - Previous circulation of dengue confirmed

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 43-47

  Darcy, Andrew ^a,e   Clothier, Hazel ^b,f   Phillips, Debra ^d,g   Bakote'e, Bernard ^a,h   Stewart, Tony ^b,c  

^a National Referral Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^b Regional Vector Borne Diseases Project   (Fiji)

^c WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research ^*

^d Solomon Islands Malaria Training and Research Institute   (Australia)

^e Secretariat of the Pacific Community   (Fiji)

^f WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research   (Fiji)

^g Ministry of Health   (Solomon Islands)

^h SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0035295975     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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