Diagnosis of dengue fever in North West Italy in travelers from endemic areas: A retrospective study

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-263

  Burdino, Elisa ^a   Milia, Maria Grazia ^a   Sergi, Giuseppina ^a   Gregori, Gabriella ^a   Allice, Tiziano ^a   Cazzato, Maria Lucia ^a   Lucchini, Anna ^a   Lipani, Filippo ^a   Calleri, Guido ^a   Orofino, Giancarlo ^a   Di Perri, Giovanni ^a   Ghisetti, Valeria ^a  

^a AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dengue; Dengue RNA; Travelers

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY INFECTION; SENTINEL EVENT; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 79960056093     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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