Seroprevalence of IgG specific for dengue virus among adults and children in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-143

  Yamashiro, Tetsu ^a   Disla, Mildre ^b   Petit, Angela ^b   Taveras, Delfis ^b   Castro Bello, Mercedez ^b   Lora Orste, Miguel ^b   Vardez, Sonia ^b   Cesin, Ana Julia ^b   Garcia, Barbara ^b   Nishizono, Akira ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Centro de Educacion Medica   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

DENGUE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 4243109560     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.138     Document Type: Article

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