Evaluation of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System for Dengue Fever in Taiwan, 2010–2012

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  McKerr, Caoimhe ^a   Lo, Yi Chun ^b   Edeghere, Obaghe ^a   Bracebridge, Sam ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; VALIDITY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HISTORY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN;

DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84929484728     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003639     Document Type: Article

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