Sporadic prevalence of DF/DHF in the Nilgiri and Cardamom hills of Western Ghats in South India: Is it a seeding from sylvatic dengue cycle - A hypothesis

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 44-50

  Kalra, Nand Lal ^a   Prasittisuk, Chusak ^b  

^a World Health Organization ^*  (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dengue antigen in Aedes albopictus; DF DHF; Macaca radiata; Nilgiri and Cardamom hills; South India; Sporadic cases; Sylvatic cycle; Transovarial transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MACACA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORCHARD; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; DENGUE VIRUS; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MACACA RADIATA; SANTALACEAE; TECTONA GRANDIS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 19044385127     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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