Laboratory-based dengue fever surveillance in Tamil Nadu, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-115

  Victor, T John ^a   Malathi, M ^a   Asokan, R ^b   Padmanaban, P ^b  

^a Institute of Vector Control and Zoonoses   (India)

^b Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dengue fever; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Mosquitoes; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 35649016145     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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