Dengue: A newly emerging viral infection in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1920-1924

  Chaaithanya, I K ^a   Bhattacharya, D ^a   Muruganandam, N ^a   Thamizhmani, R ^a   Babu, B V Suresh ^b   Sundaram, S G ^a   Matta, M ^c   Singh, S S ^d   Vijayachari, P ^a  

^a ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

^b Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

^c INHS Dhanwantari Hospital   (India)

^d G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman and Nicobar Islands; dengue fever; dengue serotypes

Indexed keywords

DENGUE VIRUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84865458138     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002500     Document Type: Article

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