Description of a large island-wide outbreak of dengue in Puerto Rico, 2007

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-474

  Tomashek, Kay M ^a   Rivera, Aidsa ^a   Muñoz Jordan, Jorge L ^a   Hunsperger, Elizabeth ^a   Santiago, Luis ^a   Padro, Oscar ^a   Garcia, Enid ^b   Sun, Wellington ^a  

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

^b Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 69249168158     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.467     Document Type: Article

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