Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards.

• Main Authors: Mark E Beatty (Author), Amy Stone (Author), David W Fitzsimons (Author), Jeffrey N Hanna (Author), Sai Kit Lam (Author), Sirenda Vong (Author), Maria G Guzman (Author), Jorge F Mendez-Galvan (Author), Scott B Halstead (Author), G William Letson (Author), Joel Kuritsky (Author), Richard Mahoney (Author), Harold S Margolis (Author), Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards Surveillance Working Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Dengue fever is a virus infection that is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause severe disease especially in children. Dengue fever is a major problem in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We i...