Clinical factors associated with mortality in dengue infection at a tertiary care center

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Almas, Aysha ^a   Parkash, Om ^a   Akhter, Jaweed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Dengue infection; Mortality

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERE DENGUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77956028080     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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