The seroprevalence and seroincidence of dengue virus infection in western Kenya

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 246-248

  Blaylock, Jason M ^a   Maranich, Ashley ^b   Bauer, Kristen ^c   Nyakoe, Nancy ^d   Waitumbi, John ^d   Martinez, Luis J ^c   Lynch, Julia ^e  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

^e U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dengue virus; Kenya; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

DENGUE VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROINCIDENCE; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 80054796093     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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