Travel-associated dengue infections in the United States, 1996 to 2005

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-14

  Mohammed, Hamish P ^a,b   Ramos, Mary M ^c   Rivera, Aidsa ^b   Johansson, Michael ^b   Muñoz Jordan, Jorge L ^b   Sun, Wellington ^d   Tomashek, Kay M ^b  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049110438     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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