Epidemiological Trends of Dengue Disease in Brazil (2000-2010): A Systematic Literature Search and Analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Teixeira, Maria Glória ^a   Siqueira Jr , João Bosco ^b   Ferreira, Germano L C ^c   Bricks, Lucia ^d   Joint, Graham ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^d Sanofi Pasteur   (Brazil)

^e The Magdalen Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DENGUE VIRUS 4; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; DENGUE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84892752134     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002520     Document Type: Review

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