Characteristics of a dengue hemorrhagic fever outbreak in 2001 in Kaohsiung.

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Published in J Microbiol Immunol Infect on October 01, 2004

Authors

Ping-Chang Lai1, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Chih-Hsiang Kao, Yao-Shen Chen, Chun-Kai Huang, Wei-Ru Lin, Shue-Ren Wann, Hsi-Hsun Lin, Muh-Yong Yen, Yung-Ching Liu

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital, Tong Kang, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC.

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