Intervention measures, turning point, and reproduction number for dengue, Singapore, 2005

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-71

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   Ma, Stefan ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SINGAPORE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58149477048     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.66     Document Type: Article

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