Large Dengue virus type 1 outbreak in Taiwan

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Wang, Sheng Fan ^a,b   Chang, Ko ^a,c   Lu, Ruo Wei ^a   Wang, Wen Hung ^a   Chen, Yen Hsu ^b,c   Chen, Marcelo ^d,e   Wu, Deng Chyang ^a,b   Chen, Yi Ming Arthur ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e MACKAY JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; TAIWAN; VIROLOGY;

DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEROGROUP; TAIWAN;

EID: 84973513199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22221751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emi.2015.46     Document Type: Letter

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