1. Mosquitoborne Infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004
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Mark E. Beatty, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Earl Long, Julia Schürch, Seema Jain, Rom Colindres, Gerald Lerebours, Yves-Marie Bernard, James Goodman Dobbins, Mathew Brown, and Gary G. Clark
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Mosquitoborne encephalitis ,West Nile fever ,dengue ,malaria ,natural disasters ,Haiti ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
After Hurricane Jeanne in September 2004, surveillance for mosquitoborne diseases in Gonaïves, Haiti, identified 3 patients with malaria, 2 with acute dengue infections, and 2 with acute West Nile virus infections among 116 febrile patients. These are the first reported human West Nile virus infections on the island of Hispaniola.
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- 2007
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