Approaches to refining estimates of global burden and economics of dengue.

• Main Authors: Donald S Shepard (Author), Eduardo A Undurraga (Author), Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto (Author), María G Guzmán (Author), Scott B Halstead (Author), Eva Harris (Author), Rose Nani Mudin (Author), Kristy O Murray (Author), Roberto Tapia-Conyer (Author), Duane J Gubler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dengue presents a formidable and growing global economic and disease burden, with around half the world's population estimated to be at risk of infection. There is wide variation and substantial uncertainty in current estimates of dengue disease burden and, consequently, on economic burden esti...