Dengue fever – an update review and implications for Nigeria, and similar countries
Author(s) -
Akaninyene Otu,
Bassey Ebenso,
Aniekan Etokidem,
Okechukwu Chukwuekezie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v19i2.23
Subject(s) - dengue fever , chikungunya , grey literature , medicine , public health , dengue virus , neglected tropical diseases , developing country , zika virus , environmental health , global health , yellow fever , flavivirus , socioeconomics , economic growth , virology , medline , political science , virus , pathology , sociology , law , economics
In the last five decades, dengue has emerged as one of the most important infectious diseases, following a 30-fold increase in global incidence throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. The actual numbers of dengue cases are under-reported and many cases are misclassified.
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