Dengue and the World Football Cup: A Matter of Timing

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Barcellos, Christovam ^a   Lowe, Rachel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SUMMER; TRAVEL; WINTER;

EID: 84905484535     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003022     Document Type: Article

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