Chikungunya in the Caribbean: An Epidemic in the Making

Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 63-68

  Mowatt, Lizette ^a   Jackson, Sandra T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedesalbopictus; Caribbean; Chikungunya virus (CHIKV); Dengue fever; Jamaica; Saint Martin

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES;

EID: 84926338648     PISSN: 21938229     EISSN: 21936382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40121-014-0043-9     Document Type: Article

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