Patterns of disease in Sri Lankan dengue patients

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 396-400

  Malavige, G N ^b   Ranatunga, P K ^c   Velathanthiri, V G N S ^b   Fernando, S ^b   Karunatilaka, D H ^c   Aaskov, J ^d   Seneviratne, S L ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Sri Jayawardenapura   (Sri Lanka)

^c LADY RIDGEWAY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Sri Lanka)

^d Arbovirus Reference Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SRI LANKA; THRUSH;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33646261821     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.085191     Document Type: Article

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