Dengue and dengue-like outbreaks in the past: The case of the Macau epidemic fever of 1874

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 905-912

  Buchillet, Dominique ^a,b  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dengue; Dengue like illness; Epidemiology; History; Macau; South China

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH NITRATE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; POTASSIUM BROMATE; QUININE;

ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RISK; INSOMNIA; MACAO; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

DENGUE; EPIDEMICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MACAU;

EID: 84860510297     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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