Study of dengue fever among Israeli travellers to Thailand

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue , 2002, Pages 162-167

  Schwartz, Eli ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DF; Israel; Thailand; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 0141494529     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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