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Journal of Tropical Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 120496, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/120496
Research Article
Frequency and Clinical Features of Dengue Infection in a Schoolchildren Cohort from Medellin, Colombia
1Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, Universidad CES, Carrera 43, No. 52S99, Sabaneta, Colombia
2Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Received 30 August 2012; Accepted 8 November 2012
Academic Editor: Paban K. Dash
Copyright © 2012 Berta Nelly Restrepo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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