Pan-dengue virus detection by PCR for travelers returning from the tropics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3104-3106

  Dumoulin, Alexis ^a   Marti, Hanspeter ^b   Panning, Marcus ^c,e   Hatz, Christoph ^b   Hirsch, Hans H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SEROLOGY; SERUM; TROPICS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 53649106361     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01294-08     Document Type: Article

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