Dengue Surveillance

Surveillance of dengue fever cases using a novel Aedes aegypti population sampling method in Trinidad, West Indies: the cardinal points approach.

A novel dengue surveillance method is described and used to evaluate 100 suspected dengue fever (DF) cases in county St...
Source: Acta Trop. 2007 Oct; 104(1): 1-7
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Space-time analysis of the dengue spreading dynamics in the 2004 Tartagal outbreak, Northern Argentina.

The spreading dynamic of the 2004 dengue fever outbreak that occurred in Tartagal, Northwestern Argentina, was investigated...
Source: Acta Trop. 2007 Jul; 103(1): 1-13
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Social and environmental determinants of Aedes aegypti infestation in Central Havana: results of a case-control study nested in an integrated dengue surveillance programme in Cuba.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the social and environmental risk factors associated with the presence of Aedes aegypti in order to improve community dengue control...
Source: Trop. Med. Int. Health 2007 Apr; 12(4): 503-10
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[Dengue: sero-epidemiological survey and virological surveillance in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil]

The epidemiology of dengue in the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, was studied in 1998 using a randomized sero-epidemiological survey...
Source: Cad Saude Publica 2007 Mar; 23(3): 669-80
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