Temporal trends and regional variability of 2001-2002 multiwave DENV-3 epidemic in Havana City: Did Hurricane Michelle contribute to its severity?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 830-838

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   de Arazoza, Hector ^b,c   Lounes, Rachid ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Climate; Cuba; Dengue; DENV 3; Hurricane Michelle; Mathematical model; Turning point

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HURRICANE EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RICHARDS EQUATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 3; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HURRICANE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

CUBA; CYCLONIC STORMS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

CUBA; HAVANA; LA HABANA [CUBA];

EID: 84879220000     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12105     Document Type: Article

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