Dengue virus type-3 infection in a traveler returning from benin to japan

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 255-257

  Ujiie, Mugen ^a   Moi, Meng Ling ^b   Kobayashi, Taiichiro ^a   Takeshita, Nozomi ^a   Kato, Yasuyuki ^a   Takasaki, Tomohiko ^b   Kanagawa, Shuzo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIN; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 3; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; BENIN; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 84863659414     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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