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"Dengue, Aedes Aegypti, And Hurricane Reconstruction - A Slide Presentation, Frank Cortez Flores

Frank Cortez Flores

My primary public health interest is the reemerging arboviral infections (e.g., dengue fever) that are increasing in incidence, expanding into new geographic areas, affecting new populations, and are threatening to increase in the near future, especially following natural disasters. The goal of the dengue lecture series is to promote the recognition of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever and improve the understanding of factors involved in prevention, surveillance and control of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the principal mosquito vector of dengue virus. The paramount purpose of this lecture is to accelerate learning and development of an effective dengue prevention and control …