Concurrent infections by two dengue virus serotypes among dengue patients in Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Wang, Wei Kung ^a,b   Chao, Day Yu ^a   Lin, Su Ru ^a   King, Chwan Chuen ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concurrent infection; Dengue virus; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); Serotype

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SUPERINFECTION; TAIWAN; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038152791     PISSN: 02532662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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