Rural-urban comparisons of dengue seroprevalence in Malaysia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chew, Cheng Hoon ^a   Woon, Yuan Liang ^a   Amin, Faridah ^b   Adnan, Tassha H ^a   Abdul Wahab, Asmah Hani ^b   Ahmad, Zul Edzhar ^b   Bujang, Mohd Adam ^a   Abdul Hamid, Abdul Muneer ^a   Jamal, Rahman ^c   Chen, Wei Seng ^d   Hor, Chee Peng ^e   Yeap, Lena ^f   Hoo, Ling Ping ^f   Goh, Pik Pin ^a   Lim, Teck Onn ^g  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Makmal Kesihatan Awam Kebangsaan Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^d Klinik Alam Medic   (Malaysia)

^e Hospital Kepala Batas   (Malaysia)

^f Stats Consulting Pte Ltd   (Malaysia)

^g ClinResearch Pte Ltd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dengue; Malaysia; Seroprevalence; Urban rural difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982290953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3496-9     Document Type: Article

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