Dengue epidemiology in Thanjavur and Trichy district, Tamilnadu - Jan 2011-Dec 2011

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 260-267

  Bhuvaneswari, Chinnathambi Kalidoss ^a   Raja, Ramalingam Senthil ^b,c   Arunagiri, Kavita ^b   Mohana, Shambasivam ^b   Sathiyamurthy, Karuppanan ^c   Krishnasamy, Kaveri ^b   Gunasekaran, Palani ^b  

^a Thanjavur Medical College   (India)

^b Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

^c BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Dengue shock syndrome; IgM capture enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 4; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENGUE; DENGUE VACCINES; DENGUE VIRUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875444506     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.107028     Document Type: Article

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