Climate, mosquito indices and the epidemiology of dengue fever in Trinidad (2002-2004)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-77

  Chadee, D D ^a   Shivnauth, B ^b   Rawlins, S C ^c   Chen, A A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RAIN;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; MOSQUITO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33947493948     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X157059     Document Type: Article

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