Dengue virus serotype 2 strains isolated from the epidemic occurred in Santiago de Cuba in 1997;Propiedades biológicas de cepas de virus dengue serotipo 2 aisladas durante la epidemia en Santiago de Cuba, 1997

Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-219

  Rodríguez Roche, Rosmari ^a   Matilla, Liudmila López ^b   Vera, Mayling Alvarez ^a   Díaz, Luis Morier ^a   Guzmán Tirado, María G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b CENTER OF MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Biological attributes; Dengue; Severity; Strains

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755168980     PISSN: 03750760     EISSN: 15613054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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