Evidence in Australia for a Case of Airport Dengue

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Whelan, Peter ^a   Nguyen, Huy ^a   Hajkowicz, Krispin ^b   Davis, Josh ^c   Smith, David ^d   Pyke, Alyssa ^e   Krause, Vicki ^a   Markey, Peter ^a  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Public Health Virology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADULT; AIRPORTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84866903694     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001619     Document Type: Article

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