Dengue fever in children: where are we now?

Pediatr Infect Dis J

From the *Center of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; †Centre of Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; and ‡Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.

Published: September 2013

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