Trends of dengue infections in Malaysia, 2000-2010

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 462-466

  Mia, Md Shahin ^a   Begum, Rawshan Ara ^a   Er, A C ^a   Abidin, Raja Datuk Zaharaton Raja Zainal ^a   Pereira, Joy Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dengue; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Malaysia; Trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TREND STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA;

EID: 84892383402     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60075-9     Document Type: Article

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