Dengue virus infection in a traveller returning from croatia to Germany

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 2-3

  Schmidt Chanasit, J ^a   Haditsch, M ^b   Schoneberg I ^c   Gunther S ^c   Stark, K ^c   Frank, C ^c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Labor Hannover MVZ GmbH   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CROATIA; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYALGIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; WEAKNESS; BLOOD; DENGUE VIRUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CROATIA; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 77958190927     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.40.19677-en     Document Type: Article

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