Dengue Surveillance in French Polynesia: An Attempt to Use the Excess Number of Laboratory Requests for Confirmation of Dengue Diagnosis as an Indicator of Dengue Activity

Dengue surveillance in French Polynesia:

Dengue surveillance in French Polynesia: An attempt to use the excess number of laboratory requests for confirmation of dengue diagnosis as an indicator of dengue activity

✍ E. Chungue; J. P. Boutin; J. Roux 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 405 KB

The excess number of weekly laboratory requests for confirmation of dengue diagnosis over the expected number of requests forecasted by the modified Serfling method is proposed for the surveillance of dengue in French Polynesia, in addition to conventional methods. Retrospective analysis of the seas