Mosquito-borne haemorrhagic fevers of South and South-East Asia
Autor(es): Halstead S B
Resumo: During the past decade outbreaks of a severe haemorrhagic disease caused by dengue viruses of multiple types have been reported in the Philippines, Thail-, Malaysia, Viet-Nam - eastern India. In many of these outbreaks chikungunya virus, a group A arbovirus, was simultaneously the cause of similar but probably milder disease. Both these viruses appear to be able to be able to produce classical dengue fever in some individuals - disease with haemorrhagic manifestations in others. Because of the growing public health importance - the progressive spread of this disease a unified review of its clinical - epidemiological features has been needed. This paper presents the history - salient clinical features of mosquito-borne haemorrhagic fever - summarizes recent epidemiological studies - current diagnostic - control methods.
Imprenta: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, v. 35, n. 1, p. 3-15, 1966
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health
Data de publicação: 1966
