Dengue: the risk to developed and developing countries.

doi:10.1073/pnas.91.7.2395

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Dengue: the risk to developed and developing countries.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Mar 1994

Monath T P

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Dengue viruses are members of the Flaviviridae, transmitted principally in a cycle involving humans and mosquito vectors. In the last 20 years the incidence of dengue fever epidemics has increased and hyperendemic transmission has been established over a geographically expanding area. A severe fo...

Topics

Aedes
Animals
Dengue
Dengue Virus
Developing Countries
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Vectors
Ecology
Flavivirus
Genetic Variation
Incidence
Risk Factors

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