Epidemiology of dengue: Past, present and future prospects

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 299-309

  Murray, Natasha Evelyn Anne ^a,b   Quam, Mikkel B ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Population Health   (New Zealand)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evolution; Geographic expansion; Travel

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DENGUE VIRUS 4; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WEATHER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84882734612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S34440     Document Type: Review

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