A review of dengue as an emerging disease in Pakistan

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Rasheed, S B ^a,b   Butlin, R K ^a   Boots, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deaths due to dengue; Dengue epidemics; Dengue vector; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS VECTOR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PAKISTAN;

PAKISTAN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 84872603917     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.09.006     Document Type: Review

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