High dengue case capture rate in four years of a cohort study in Nicaragua compared to national surveillance data

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Standish, Katherine ^a   Kuan, Guillermina ^b   Avilés, William ^a   Balmaseda, Angel ^c   Harris, Eva ^d  

^a Sustainable Sciences Institute   (Nicaragua)

^b Centro de Salud Socrates Flores Vivas   (Nicaragua)

^c Ministry of Health   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENGUE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NICARAGUA;

EID: 77950401441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000633     Document Type: Article

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