Seroepidemiology of dengue fever in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ali, Amjad ^a   Rehman, Habib ur ^b   Nisar, Muhammad ^a   Rafique, Shazia ^c   Ali, Sadia ^a   Hussain, Abrar ^d   Nausheen, ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^d   Sabri, Sabeen ^d   Zada, Hakeem ^e   Hussain, Shah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b District Headquarter Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c Centre for Applied Molecular Biology   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^e Abasyn University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Dengue fever; IgG; IgM; Khyber Pakhtunkhawa; Residence; Seroprevalence; Travel history

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877664019     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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