Dengue: a continuing global threat

Nature Reviews Microbiology - Tập 8 Số S12 - Trang S7-S16 - 2010
María G. Guzmán1, Scott B. Halstead2, Harvey Artsob3, Philippe Buchy4, Jeremy Farrar5, Duane J. Gubler6, Elizabeth Hunsperger7, Axel Kroeger8, Harold S. Margolis7, Eric Martínez9, Michael B Nathan10, J L Pelegrino9, Cameron P. Simmons5, Sutee Yoksan11, Rosanna W. Peeling12,8
1Instituto de Medicina Tropical, 'Pedro Kouri', PO Box 601, Marianao 13, Ciucad de la Habana, Cuba.
2Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, Seoul, Korea
3Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada
4Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
6Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
7Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
8UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva 27, Switzerland
9Instituto de Medicina Tropical, 'Pedro Kouri', Ciucad de la Habana, Cuba
10Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
11Center for Vaccine Development, Mahidol University Institute of Science & Technology for Development, Salaya, Thailand
12London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dept of Clinical Research, London, UK

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