Dengue and hepatitis E virus infection in pregnant women in Eastern Sudan, A challenge for diagnosis in an endemic area

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Elduma, Adel Hussein ^a   Osman, Waleed Mohammed ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^b Department of Epidemiology Red Sea state Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Dengue; HEV; PORT Sudan; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN; VOMITING; DENGUE VIRUS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919397004     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.391.5439     Document Type: Article

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