The first patient with locally acquired dengue fever in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-129

  Auyeung, T W ^a   Que, T L ^a   Lam, K S ^a   Ng, H L ^a   Szeto, M L ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dengue; Hong Kong; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037384676     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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