Clinico-epidemiological features of dengue fever in Saudi Arabia

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-223

  El Gilany, Abdel Hady ^a   Eldeib, Abdelaziz ^b   Hammad, Sabri ^b  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dengue fever (DF); Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF); Epidemiology; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACKACHE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIARRHEA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RASH; RETROORBITAL PAIN; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; TANK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VOMITING;

EID: 77950683064     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60013-2     Document Type: Article

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