Nation-Wide, Web-Based, Geographic Information System for the Integrated Surveillance and Control of Dengue Fever in Mexico

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Hernández Ávila, Juan Eugenio ^a   Rodríguez, Mario Henry ^a   Santos Luna, René ^a   Sánchez Castañeda, Veronica ^a   Román Pérez, Susana ^a   Ríos Salgado, Víctor Hugo ^a   Salas Sarmiento, Jesús Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DENGUE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEXICO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; DENGUE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INTERNET; MEXICO;

EID: 84881145892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070231     Document Type: Article

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