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Predictive diagnostic value of the tourniquet test for the diagnosis of dengue infection in adults

  1. Mayfong Mayxay1,2,3,
  2. Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh1,3,
  3. Catrin E Moore1,3,
  4. Vilada Chansamouth1,
  5. Manivanh Vongsouvath1,
  6. Syho Sisouphone1,
  7. Pankham Vongphachanh1,
  8. Thaksinaporn Thaojaikong1,
  9. Soulignasack Thongpaseuth1,
  10. Simmaly Phongmany1,
  11. Valy Keolouangkhot1,4,
  12. Michel Strobel4,
  13. Paul N. Newton1,3

Article first published online: 19 OCT 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02641.x

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Tropical Medicine & International Health

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 127–133, January 2011

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Mayxay, M., Phetsouvanh, R., Moore, C. E., Chansamouth, V., Vongsouvath, M., Sisouphone, S., Vongphachanh, P., Thaojaikong, T., Thongpaseuth, S., Phongmany, S., Keolouangkhot, V., Strobel, M. and Newton, P. N. (2011), Predictive diagnostic value of the tourniquet test for the diagnosis of dengue infection in adults. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 16: 127–133. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02641.x

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  1. 1

     Wellcome Trust – Mahosot Hospital – Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

  2. 2

     Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR

  3. 3

     Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  4. 4

     Institut de la Francophonie pour la Médecine Tropicale, Vientiane, Lao PDR

*Corresponding Author Dr Paul N. Newton, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Tel.: +856 21 242168; Fax: +856 21 242168; E-mail: paul@tropmedres.ac

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