Surveillance of dengue fever virus: A review of epidemiological models and early warning systems

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Racloz, Vanessa ^a   Ramsey, Rebecca ^b   Tong, Shilu ^b   Hu, Wenbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84863666921     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001648     Document Type: Review

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