Importance of case definition to monitor ongoing outbreak of chikungunya virus on a background of actively circulating dengue virus, St Martin, December 2013 to January 2014.
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R Omarjee1, C M Prat1, O Flusin1, S Boucau2, B Tenebray1, O Merle1, P Huc-Anais3, S Cassadou4, I Leparc-Goffart (isabelle. [email protected])1 1. IRBA, French National Reference Center for Arboviruses, Marseille, France 2. Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales (ARS), Délégation territoriale de Saint Martin et Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, France 3. Laboratory Saint-Martin Biologie Philippe Chenal, Saint Martin, France 4. French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Paris France
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 19 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014