Re-assess Vector Indices Threshold as an Early Warning Tool for Predicting Dengue Epidemic in a Dengue Non-endemic Country

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Chang, Fong Shue ^a   Tseng, Yao Ting ^b   Hsu, Pi Shan ^c   Chen, Chaur Dong ^d   Lian, Ie Bin ^b   Chao, Day Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOSQUITO; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; ANIMAL; CITY; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VECTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; CITIES; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84943161015     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004043     Document Type: Article

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