Sylvatic dengue virus type 2 activity in humans, Nigeria, 1966

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 502-504

  Vasilakis, Nikos ^a,b   Tesh, Robert B ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SYLVATIC DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 2; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 41349108036     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.070843     Document Type: Article

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