Epidemiology and disease burden of pediatric dengue in Venezuela

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 288-289

  Torres, Jaime R ^a   Echezuría, Luís ^b   Fernández, Mariano ^a   Rísquez, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dengue; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENEZUELA; COST OF ILLNESS; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE DENGUE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE DENGUE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 85006202802     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piv057     Document Type: Article

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