Public Health Responses to and Challenges for the Control of Dengue Transmission in High-Income Countries: Four Case Studies

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Viennet, Elvina ^a,b   Ritchie, Scott A ^c   Williams, Craig R ^d   Faddy, Helen M ^b   Harley, David ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Research and Developmentn Red Cross Blood Service   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE VACCINE;

BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; URBANIZATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE VIRUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VECTOR; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUEENSLAND; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; TRENDS; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEENSLAND; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84991780699     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004943     Document Type: Review

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