Dengue: An emerging disease in Nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 203-208

  Pun, Sher Bahadur ^a  

^a Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Dengue; Epidemiological patterns; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER ENZYME; PARACETAMOL;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NEPAL;

EID: 84866370584     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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