How to respond to a dengue epidemic: Overview and experience in Puerto Rico;Cómo responder a una epidemia de dengue: Visión global y experiencia en Puerto Rico

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

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 282-293

  Rigau Pérez, José G ^a   Clark, Gary G ^a,b  

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

^b CDC Dengue Branch   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Dengue; Disease outbreaks; Epidemiologic surveillance

Indexed keywords

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

DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW;

DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUERTO RICO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

EID: 18844448735     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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