Serological & entomological investigations of an outbreak of dengue fever in certain rural areas of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-701

  Paramasivan, R ^a   Thenmozhi, V ^a   Hiriyan, J ^a   Dhananjeyan, K J ^a   Tyagi, B K ^a   Dash, A P ^a  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue; Outbreak investigation; Seroepidemiology; Vector; Viral antigen detection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; VIRUS ISOLATION; ZOOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALE;

EID: 33746150881     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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