Severe dengue virus infection in travelers

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1081-1083

  Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a   Tambyah, Paul Ananth ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34047231829     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512684     Document Type: Editorial

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