Dengue fever outbreaks in two villages of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 116, Issue OCT., 2002, Pages 133-139

  Victor, T John ^a   Malathi, M ^a   Gurusamy, D ^a   Desai, Anita ^b   Ravi, V ^b   Anuradha, G Narayanasamy L ^c   Rani, C ^c   Krishnamurthy, P ^d  

^a Institute of Vector Control and Zoonoses   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c O/o the Deputy Dir of Hlth Serv   (India)

^d Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue fever outbreaks; IgM antibody capture ELISA; Indirect immunofluorescent assay

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; TEMEFOS; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; TEST STRIP; VIRUS ISOLATION;

DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 0036820398     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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