Acute dengue infection in the western terai region of Nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-14

  Pun, Ramesh ^a   Pant, K P ^a   Bhatta, D R ^a   Pandey, B D ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Dengue; ELISA; Post monsoon; Sero diagnosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84855865147     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.25     Document Type: Article

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