Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in the Americas
Subtitle: guidelines for prevention and control.
Series: Scientific publication ;; no. 548; Publicaciones científicas (Washington, D.C.) ;; no. 548.
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Dengue -- America -- Prevention -- Congresses.; Dengue -- prevention & control -- Americas -- congresses.; Dengue -- epidemiology -- Americas -- congresses.; Population Surveillance -- methods -- Americas -- congresses.; Mosquito Control -- methods -- congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-87).
"Also published in Spanish (1995) with the title: Dengue y dengue hemorrágico en las Américas: guías para su prevenciíon y control"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever; title: Historical overview in the Americas; title: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis; title: Vector distribution and biology; title: Risk factors for dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever; title: Risk factors for the appearance of DHF/DSS; title: Surveillance; title: Disease surveillance; title: Vector surveillance; title: Strategies for prevention and control; title: Success and failure of the hemispheric eradication program; title: Current approaches for surveillance and control; title: Epidemiologic stratification.; title: Sustainable prevention and control programs; title: Organization and function of control activities; title: Vector control methods; title: Emergency preparation and response; title: Education of the medical community; title: Organization and requirements for medical care; title: Case management: classification and treatment of patients; title: Emergency vector control; title: Evaluation and prevention control programs; title: Epidemiologic evaluation; title: Entomological evaluation; title: Information systems for Aedes aegypti control programs; title: Operational research; title: Training in dengue programs.; title: Recommenddations for dengue programs; title: Dengue hemorrhagic fever record sheet; title: Sample dengue case investigation form; title: Sample size in Aedes larval surveys; title: Emergency plan guide; title: Handout for patients with dengue fever; title: List of participants at the Dengue Guidelines Meeting 16-20 December 1991, Washington, D.C.