Dengue Fever Outbreak in Delhi, North India: A Clinico-Epidemiological Study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-138

  Ahmed, Nishat Hussain ^a   Broor, Shobha ^b  

^a Delhi State Cancer Institute   (India)

^b Sri Guru Gobind Tricentinary University   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue virus; prevalent serotype; capture ELISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994908532     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.153884     Document Type: Article

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