Epidemiological trend and clinical observations among children and adults with dengue in Barbados

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-42

  Kumar, A ^a,b   Hilaire, M Gittens St ^a,c   Clarke Greenidge, N ^c   Nielsen, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^c The Public Health Laboratory (Dengue)   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Barbados; Dengue; Epidemic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE DURATION; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); EXPANDED DENGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNDIFFERENTIATED FEVER;

EID: 85014696748     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2015.110     Document Type: Article

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