Dengue-old disease, new challenges in an ageing population

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 373-375

  Low, Jenny G H ^a   Ooi, Eng Eong ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DENGUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84883480658     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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