Estimates of Dengue Force of Infection in Children in Colombo, Sri Lanka

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Tam, Clarence C ^a   Tissera, Hasitha ^a,b   de Silva, Aravinda M ^c   de Silva, Aruna Dharshan ^d   Margolis, Harold S ^e,f   Amarasinge, Ananda ^b,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Genetech Research Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^e International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84879537093     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002259     Document Type: Article

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