Dengue in Grenada

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Panagos, André ^a,b,c   Lacy, Erik R ^a,b,c   Gubler, Duane J ^d   Macpherson, Calum N L ^a,b,c  

^a Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation   (Grenada)

^b Box 142 ^*  (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Dengue; Grenada; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Mosquito control

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRENADA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DENGUE; GRENADA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GRENADA; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; WORLD;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 18844390519     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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