An outbreak of dengue fever in St. Croix (US Virgin Islands), 2005.

BACKGROUND: Periodic outbreaks of dengue fever occur in the United States Virgin Islands. In June 2005, an outbreak of dengue virus (DENV) serotype-2 with cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) was detected in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. The objective of this report is to describe this outbreak o...

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Main Authors: Hamish Mohammed, Mary Ramos, Julie Armstrong, Jorge Muñoz-Jordán, Kathleen O Arnold-Lewis, Aurimar Ayala, Gary G Clark, Eugene S Tull, Mark E Beatty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2965679?pdf=render