Potential impacts of climate variability on Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Honduras, 2010

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-507

  Zambrano, L I ^a   Sevilla, C ^a   Reyes Garcia S Z ^a   Sierra, M ^a   Kafati, R ^b   Rodriguez Morales, A J ^c,d,e,f   Mattar, S ^e,g  

^a NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^b Hospital Escuela   (Honduras)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^d Químico Farmacéutico   (Colombia)

^e Scientific Committee on Zoonoses and Haemorrhagic Fevers   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; DENGUE; HONDURAS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HONDURAS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 84869855499     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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