Viral respiratory tract infections among patients with acute undifferentiated fever in Vietnam

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1116-1126

  Phuong, Hoang Lan ^a,b   Nga, Tran T T ^a,b   van Doornum, Gerard J ^c   Groen, Jan ^c   Binh, Tran Q ^b   Giao, Phan T ^b   Le Hung, Q ^b   Nam, Nguyen V ^d   Kager, P A ^a   de Vries, Peter J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Binh Thuan Medical College   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Acute undifferentiated fever; Vietnam; Viral respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEVER; HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIET NAM; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIETNAM;

EID: 79952111411     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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