Pattern of dengue virus infection cases admitted in tertiary care hospital at Hyderabad, Sindh

Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 142-144

  Khaskheli, Ashraf ^a   Qazi, Nasreen ^a   Harani, Mahadev ^a   Ujan, Ikramuddin ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF); Dengue shock syndrome (DSS); Primary infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SECONDARY INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 79251611393     PISSN: 17290341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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