Dengue outbreak in Hadramout, Yemen, 2010: An epidemiological perspective

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1072-1076

  Ghouth, Abdulla Salim Bin ^a   Amarasinghe, Ananda ^b   Letson, G William ^c  

^a Department of Community Medicine   (Yemen)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^c Global Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YEMEN; ZOOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862156395     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0723     Document Type: Article

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