Predictive power of Koplik's spots for the diagnosis of measles

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-275

  Zenner, Dominik ^a   Nacul, Luis ^b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PHG FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(MeSH); Epidemiology; Koplik's spots; Measles; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; KOPLIK SPOT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858381375     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1756     Document Type: Article

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