Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of dengue and other etiologic agents among patients with acute febrile illness, Puerto Rico, 2012–2015

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Tomashek, Kay M ^a,g   Lorenzi, Olga D ^a   Andújar Pérez, Doris A ^b   Torres Velásquez, Brenda C ^a   Hunsperger, Elizabeth A ^a   Munoz Jordan, Jorge Luis ^a   Perez Padilla, Janice ^a   Rivera, Aidsa ^a   Gonzalez Zeno, Gladys E ^a   Sharp, Tyler M ^a   Galloway, Renee L ^c   Glass Elrod, Mindy ^c   Mathis, Demetrius L ^c   Oberste, M Steven ^d   Nix, W Allan ^d   Henderson, Elizabeth ^d   McQuiston, Jennifer ^e   Singleton, Joseph ^e   Kato, Cecilia ^e   García Gubern, Carlos ^b   Santiago Rivera, William ^b   Cruz Correa, Jesús ^b   Muns Sosa, Robert ^f   Ortiz Rivera, Juan D ^f   Jiménez, Gerson ^f   Galarza, Ivonne E ^b   Horiuchi, Kalanthe ^a   Margolis, Harold S ^a   Alvarado, Luisa I ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PONCE HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (Puerto Rico)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Department of Surgery Saint Luke's Episcopal Hospital Ponce School of Medicine   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; DENGUE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERTO RICO; SEX RATIO; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERTO RICO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029695440     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005859     Document Type: Article

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