An outbreak of dengue fever in periurban slums of Chandigarh, India, with special reference to entomological and climatic factors

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 518-526

  Ratho, R K ^a   Mishra, B ^a   Kaur, J ^b   Kakkar, N ^a   Sharma, K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b General Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue; Epidemic; India; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 29844452256     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.19194     Document Type: Article

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