Febrile illness at the emergency department of Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1055-1057

  de Lavaissiere, Marc ^a   D'Ortenzio, Eric ^b   Dussart, Philippe ^c   Fontanella, Jean Michel ^d   Djossou, Felix ^d   Carme, Bernard ^d   Marchou, Bruno ^e  

^a Gynécologie and Obstétrique   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^c Centre National de Reference des Arbovirus Cayenne   (French Guiana)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^e TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Arboviruses; Dengue; Fever; French Guiana; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FRANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARBOVIRUS;

EID: 50849099150     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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