Seroprevalence and risk factors for dengue infection in socio-economically distinct areas of Recife, Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-240

  Braga, Cynthia ^a,b   Luna, Carlos Feitosa ^a   Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi ^c   Souza, Wayner Vieira de ^a   Cordeiro, Marli Tenório ^a,d   Alexander, Neal ^e   Albuquerque, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de ^a,f   Júnior, José Constantino Silveira ^a   Marques, Ernesto T ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d Secretaria de Saude do Estado de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dengue; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 77649133033     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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