Short report: Diagnostic testing for hemorrhagic fevers in Pakistan: 2007-2013

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1243-1246

  Hasan, Zahra ^a,b   Atkinson, Barry ^a   Jamil, Bushra ^a   Samreen, Azra ^a   Altaf, Lamia ^a   Hewson, Roger ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NS 1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PAKISTAN; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; MALE; NAIROVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE DENGUE;

CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS;

DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEVERE DENGUE;

EID: 84918812967     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0383     Document Type: Article

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