Arbovirus Infections: the Challenges of Controlling an Ever-Present Enemy

Journal of Disaster Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 322-328

  Takasaki, Tomohiko ^a   Kotaki, Akira ^a   Lim, Chang Kweng ^a   Tajima, Shigeru ^a   Omatsu, Tsutomu ^a   Moi, Meng Ling ^a   Kurane, Ichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

alphavirus; arbovirus; flavivirus; vaccine; vector

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; VIRUSES;

ALPHAVIRUSES; ARBOVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE FEVERS; FLAVIVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE;

VACCINES;

EID: 84887619316     PISSN: 18812473     EISSN: 18838030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2009.p0322     Document Type: Review

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