Field epidemiology of an outbreak of dengue fever in Charters Towers, Queensland: Are insect screens protective?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 545-547

  Murray Smith, Sean ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a,b   Skellf, Chris ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0029906781     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01637.x     Document Type: Article

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