Severe dengue fever outbreak in Taiwan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 193-197

  Wang, Sheng Fan ^a   Wang, Wen Hung ^a   Chang, Ko ^b   Chen, Yen Hsu ^b   Tseng, Sung Pin ^a   Yen, Chia Hung ^a,c   Wu, Deng Chyang ^b   Chen, Yi Ming Arthur ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; EXPLOSION; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECIPITATION; RASH; TAIWAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RAIN; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954230418     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0422     Document Type: Article

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