Serodiagnosis of dengue during an outbreak at a tertiary care hospital in Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-38

  Gupta, Ekta ^a   Dar, Lalit ^a   Narang, Priyanka ^a   Srivastava, V K ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; Dengue; Outbreak; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 14544305192     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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