Spatial-temporal patterns of dengue in areas at risk of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2002

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Wen, Tzai Hung ^a   Lin, Neal H ^a   Chao, Day Yu ^a,b   Hwang, Kao Pin ^c,d   Kan, Chih Chun ^e   Lin, Katherine Chun Min ^a   Wu, Joseph Tsung Shu ^a   Huang, Scott Yan Jang ^a   Fan, I Chun ^f   King, Chwan Chuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dengue; Geographic information systems; Space time clustering; Spatial epidemiology; Vector borne infectious disease; Viral hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; PROBABILITY; TAIWAN;

DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77949489375     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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