Epidemic resurgence of dengue fever in Singapore in 2013-2014: A virological and entomological perspective

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha ^a   Koo, Carmen ^a   Rajarethinam, Jayanthi ^a   Chong, Chee Seng ^a   Lin, Cui ^b   Yap, Grace ^a   Liu, Lilac ^a   Lai, Yee Ling ^a   Ooi, Peng Lim ^b   Cutter, Jeffery ^b   Ng, Lee Ching ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Control; Dengue; Entomology; Epidemic; Genotype; House index; Surveillance; Virology

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREEDING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGO; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LABORATORY TEST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEROTYPE; SINGAPORE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOOLOGY; ADULT; AEDES; ANIMAL; DENGUE VIRUS; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; SEROGROUP; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84975322299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1606-z     Document Type: Article

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