Severe dengue epidemics in Sri Lanka, 2003-2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Kanakaratne, Nalaka ^a   Wahala, Wahala M P B ^b   Messer, William B ^b   Tissera, Hasitha A ^c   Shahani, Aruna ^a   Abeysinghe, Nihal ^c   De Silva, Aravinda M ^b   Gunasekera, Maya ^a  

^a Genetech Research Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Apollo Hospital Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SRI LANKA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849310281     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1502.080926     Document Type: Article

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