Serological evidence of recent dengue virus infection among febrile children in a semi arid zone

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-10

  Adedayo, Faneye ^a   Nioma, Idika ^b   Olanrewaju, Motayo Babatunde ^a   Adeyinka, Adesanmi ^a   Ebele, Afocha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Dengue virus; IgM antibodies; Ilorin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 84889240413     PISSN: 15536203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2013.7.10     Document Type: Article

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