Clinical characteristics and national economic cost of the 2005 dengue epidemic in Panama

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 364-371

  Armien, Blas ^b   Suaya, Jose A ^a   Quiroz, Evelia ^b   Sah, Binod K ^a   Bayard, Vicente ^b   Marchena, Loyd ^b   Campos, Cornelio ^c   Shepard, Donald S ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudio de la Salud de Panama   (Panama)

^c Bch Vector Control Department   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANAMA; PARASITE CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 51949102646     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.364     Document Type: Article

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