The emergence of dengue in Bangladesh: Epidemiology, challenges and future disease risk

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 619-627

  Sharmin, Sifat ^a   Viennet, Elvina ^a   Glass, Kathryn ^a   Harley, David ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatic factors; Dengue emergence; Passive surveillance; Socio economic context; Under reporting; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; RAIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; BREEDING; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MOSQUITO; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEALTH SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DENGUE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84943792448     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv067     Document Type: Article

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