Dengue risk among visitors to Hawaii during an outbreak

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 750-756

  Smith, Carrie E ^a   Tom, Tammy ^a   Sasaki, Jed ^a   Ayers, Tracy ^a   Effler, Paul V ^a,b  

^a HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TOURISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844407442     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.041064     Document Type: Article

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