Evaluation of the use of RT-PCR for the early diagnosis of dengue fever

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-397

  Grobusch, M P ^a,d   Niedrig, M ^b   Gobels K ^a   Klipstein Grobusch, K ^c   Teichmann, D ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Diagnosis; RT PCR; Sampling time; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 33644760409     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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