Lessons learned from previous dengue outbreaks

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-70

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a,b,c  

^a HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^c JOSEPH AYOBABALOLA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Lesson; Outbreak; Vector

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCREENING; TROPICS; URBAN POPULATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84885701819     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60317-0     Document Type: Article

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