Dengue: A growing menace -- A snapshot of recent facts, figures and remedies

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-67

  Bhattacharya, M K ^a   Maitra, S ^a   Ganguly, A ^b   Bhattacharya, A ^b   Sinha, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b ID and BG Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue virus; Management; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DENGUE VACCINE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MALATHION; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PARACETAMOL; PYRETHRIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BED NET; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GASTRITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HISTORY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOLOGY;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 84879293037     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: 15552810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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