Correlation of measles and dengue infection in Kassala, Eastern Sudan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-78

  Abdalla, Tajeldin M ^a   Karsany, Mubarak S ^b   Ali, Abdelaziem A ^a  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b KARARY UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Dengue; Infection; Measles; Sudan

Indexed keywords

DENGUE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RASH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; VOMITING; BLOOD; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909606013     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24001     Document Type: Article

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