The dengue situation in Africa

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue SUPP1, 2012, Pages 18-21

  Were, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Dengue; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Race

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DENGUE VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; REVIEW; SEROTYPING;

AEDES; AFRICA; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84867427237     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046904712Z.00000000048     Document Type: Article

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