Unsuspected dengue and acute febrile illness in rural and semi-urban southern Sri Lanka

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-263

  Reller, Megan E ^a   Bodinayake, Champika ^b   Nagahawatte, Ajith ^b   Devasiri, Vasantha ^b   Kodikara Arachichi, Wasantha ^b   Strouse, John J ^a   Broadwater, Anne ^c   Østbye, Truls ^d   de Silva, Aravinda ^c   Woods, Christopher W ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DENGUE VIRUS 4; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SRI LANKA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; SRI LANKA; SUBURBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856321313     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962     Document Type: Article

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