A comparative study of leptospirosis and dengue in Thai children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Libraty, Daniel H ^a   Myint, Khin S A ^b   Murray, Clinton K ^c   Gibbons, Robert V ^b   Mammen, Mammen P ^b   Endy, Timothy P ^b   Li, Wenjun ^a   Vaughn, David W ^b   Nisalak, Ananda ^b   Kalayanarooj, Siripen ^d   Hospenthal, Duane R ^c   Green, Sharone ^a   Rothman, Alan L ^a   Ennis, Francis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; THAILAND; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THAILAND;

EID: 47749152250     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000111     Document Type: Article

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