Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 89-93 , May 2003

Dengue fever in febrile returning travellers to a UK regional infectious diseases unit

  • Iain Stephenson

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • John Roper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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  • Maria Fraser

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Laboratory, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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  • Karl Nicholson

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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  • Martin Wiselka

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK

Received 15 April 2003 ,Revised 12 June 2003 ,Accepted 12 June 2003.

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PII: S1477-8939(03)00061-9

doi: 10.1016/S1477-8939(03)00061-9

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
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