Randomness of dengue outbreaks on the equator

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1651-1653

  Chen, Yirong ^a,b   Cook, Alex R ^a,b,c   Lim, Alisa X L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SINGAPORE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INCIDENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84939484788     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2109.141030     Document Type: Article

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