Public health responses to a dengue outbreak in a fragile state: A case study of Nepal

Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Griffiths, Karolina ^a   Banjara, Megha Raj ^b   O'Dempsey, T ^a   Munslow, B ^a   Kroeger, Axel ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; NEPAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84877311080     PISSN: 16879686     EISSN: 16879694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/158462     Document Type: Article

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