Dengue fever in travelers to the tropics, 1998 and 1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-442

  Lindbäck, Heidi ^a,b   Lindbäck, Johan ^b   Tegnell, Anders ^b   Janzon, Ragnhild ^b   Vene, Sirkka ^b   Ekdahl, Karl ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; TROPICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MIDDLE AGED; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0038023135     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0904.020267     Document Type: Article

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