Multiple dengue serotypes and high frequency of dengue hemorrhagic fever at two tertiary care hospitals in Lahore during the 2008 dengue virus outbreak in Punjab, Pakistan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Humayoun, Malik Asif ^a   Waseem, Tariq ^a   Jawa, Ali A ^a   Hashmi, Mubashar S ^a   Akram, Javed ^a  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Dengue serotypes; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE SHOCK SYNDROME; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SKIN BLEEDING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957367724     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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