A comparative study on active and passive epidemiological surveillance for dengue in five countries of Latin America

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-49

  Sarti, Elsa ^a   L'Azou, Maïna ^b   Mercado, Marcela ^c   Kuri, Pablo ^d   Siqueira, Joao Bosco ^e   Solis, Erick ^a   Noriega, Fernando ^b   Ochiai, R Leon ^b  

^a Sanofi Pasteur   (Mexico)

^b SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dengue; Epidemiology; Flavivirus; South America; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DENGUE VACCINE; PLACEBO; TETRAVALENT DENGUE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEXICO; NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; PUERTO RICO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLOMBIA; DENGUE; DENGUE VACCINES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICO; PUERTO RICO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959325963     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.01.015     Document Type: Article

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