Concurrent outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and zika virus infections – An unprecedented epidemic wave of mosquito-borne viruses in the Pacific 2012–2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 41, 2014, Pages

  Roth, A ^a   Mercier, A ^a   Lepers, C ^a   Hoy, D ^a   Duituturaga, S ^a   Benyon, E ^a   Guillaumot, L ^b   Souares Y ^a  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84908181350     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.41.20929     Document Type: Article

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