Prevalence and molecular characterization of dengue viruses serotypes in 2010 epidemic

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-64

  Mahmood, Nasir ^a,b   Rana, Muhammad Younus ^c   Qureshi, Zafar ^d   Mujtaba, Ghulam ^e   Shaukat, Uzma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^d Government of Punjab   (Pakistan)

^e Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Dengue virus serotypes; Seminested multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE;

EID: 84855264362     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182217001     Document Type: Article

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