Fatal and mild primary dengue virus infections imported to Norway from Africa and south-east Asia, 2008-2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Vainio, K ^a   Noraas, S ^b   Holmberg, M ^c   Fremstad, H ^a   Wahlstrom M ^d   Anestad G ^a   Dudman, S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^c VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PARACETAMOL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SHOCK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERITREA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; DENGUE; ERITREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958191613     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.38.19666-en     Document Type: Article

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