Seroprevalence of dengue in Trinidad using rapid test kits: A cord blood survey

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Campbell, C A ^a   George, A ^b   Salas, R A ^b   Williams, S A ^a   Doon, R ^c   Chadee, D D ^d  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

Author keywords

Cord blood; Dengue; Rapid kits; Seroprevalence; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

BLOOD; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33847616202     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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