Incidence of chikungunya fever in Singapore: Implications of public health measures and transnational movements of people

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Jenyoshikawa, Minako ^a   Tang, Choon Siang ^b   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Public health measures; Singapore; Transnational movements; Vector control

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SINGAPORE; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77953431635     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2009-18     Document Type: Article

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