Outbreak of dengue fever in Karachi 2006: A clinical perspective

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 339-344

  Riaz, Muhammad Mehmood ^a   Mumtaz, Khalid ^a   Khan, Muhammad Shoaib ^a   Patel, Junaid ^a   Tariq, Muhammad ^a   Hilal, Harith ^a   Siddiqui, Shaheryar Ahmed ^a   Shezad, Farrukh ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CASE FATALITY RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE SHOCK SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SHOCK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; SEVERE DENGUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEVERE DENGUE;

EID: 66949173709     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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