Causes of fever in rural southern Laos

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 517-520

  Mayxay, Mayfong ^a   Sengvilaipaseuth, Onanong ^b   Chanthongthip, Anisone ^b   Dubot Pérès, Audrey ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Parola, Philippe ^b   Craig, Scott B ^b   Tulsiani, Suhella ^b   Burns, Mary Anne ^b   Khanthavong, Maniphone ^b   Keola, Siamphay ^b   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Dittrich, Sabine ^b   Newton, Paul N ^a  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LAOS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MURINE TYPHUS; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SPOTTED FEVER; TYPHUS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SCRUB TYPHUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941659475     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0772     Document Type: Article

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