Endemic Dengue Fever: A seldom recognized hazard for Pakistani children

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-312

  Siddiqui, Fahad Javaid ^a   Haider, Syed Rizwan ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Dengue; Fever; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PAKISTAN; TYPHOID FEVER; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 67649470758     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.129     Document Type: Article

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