Epidemic of dengue-4 virus in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, and implication of Aedes hensilli as an epidemic vector

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 519-524

  Savage, H M ^a   Fritz, C L ^b   Rutstein, D ^c   Yolwa, A ^c   Vorndam, V ^d   Gubler, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Yap State Hospital   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES; AEDES HENSILLI; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0031945580     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.519     Document Type: Article

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