Laboratory detection facility of dengue fever (DF) in Iran: The first imported case

Internet Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Chinikar, Sadegh ^a   Ghiasi, Seyed Mojtaba ^a   Moradi, Maryam ^a   Madihi, Saeed Reza ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b Ghadir Clinic   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOREST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALAYSIA; MALE; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 77954210963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15288366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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