A retrospective study of the 1996 DEN-1 epidemic in Trinidad: Demographic and clinical features

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 7-19

  Brown, T U ^a   Babb, K ^a   Nimrod, M ^a   Carrington, C V F ^a   Salas, R A ^b   Monteil, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Clinical analysis; Demographic analysis; Dengue; DHF; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; EYE PAIN; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 19044378159     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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