Reemergence of dengue in Cuba: A 1997 epidemic in Santiago de Cuba

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-92

  Kourí, Gustavo ^a   Guzmán, María Guadalupe ^b   Valdés, Luis ^c   Carbonel, Isabel ^c   Del Rosario, Delfina ^a   Vazquez, Susana ^a   Laferté, José ^a   Delgado, Jorge ^d   Cabrera, María V ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b WHO   (Cuba)

^c Prov Ctr Hyg Epidemiol M   (Cuba)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; FATALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; REVIEW;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0031874204     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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