Evidence of recent dengue exposure among malaria parasite-positive children in three urban centers in Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 497-500

  Stoler, Justin ^a,b   Delimini, Rupert K ^d   Kofi Bonney, J H ^e   Oduro, Abraham R ^f   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^c   Fobil, Julius N ^d   Awandare, Gordon A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^f NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

DENGUE VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84924242365     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0678     Document Type: Article

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