Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: Preliminary report

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 49, 2012, Pages

  Sousa, C A ^a   Clairouin, M ^b   Seixas, G ^a   Viveiros, B ^b   Novo, M T ^a   Silva, A C ^b   Escoval, M T ^c   Economopoulou, A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Autonomous Region Madeira   (Portugal)

^c IP   (Portugal)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871451762     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.49.20333-en     Document Type: Article

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