Risk of symptomatic dengue for foreign visitors to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
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Risk of symptomatic dengue for foreign visitors to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup™, the biggest single-event competition in the world, from June 12-July 13 2014 in 12 cities. This event will draw an estimated 600,000 international visitors. Brazil is endemic for dengue. Hence, attendees of the 2014 event are theoretically at risk for dengue. We calculated the risk of dengue acquisition to non-immune international travellers to Brazil, depe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1678-8060,0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140133