Enhanced surveillance during a public health emergency in a resource-limited setting: Experience from a large dengue outbreak in Solomon Islands, 2016-17.

Between August-2016 and April-2017, Solomon Islands experienced the largest and longest-running dengue outbreak on record in the country, with 12,329 suspected cases, 877 hospitalisations and 16 deaths. We conducted a retrospective review of related data and documents, and conducted key informant in...

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Main Authors: Adam T Craig, Cynthia A Joshua, Alison R Sio, Bobby Teobasi, Alfred Dofai, Tenneth Dalipanda, Kate Hardie, John Kaldor, Anthony Kolbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5991673?pdf=render