Underrecognition of dengue during 2013 epidemic in Luanda, Angola

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1311-1316

  Sharp, Tyler M ^a   Moreira, Rosa ^b   Soares, Maria José ^c   da Costa, Lúis Miguel ^c   Mann, Jennifer ^b   DeLorey, Mark ^b   Hunsperger, Elizabeth ^a   Muñoz Jordán, Jorge L ^a   Colón, Candimar ^a   Margolis, Harold S ^a   de Caravalho, Adelaide ^c   Tomashek, Kay M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Angola)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSECT REPELLENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGOLA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENGUE; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937403641     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2108.150368     Document Type: Article

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