Risk of symptomatic dengue for foreign visitors to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

• Main Authors: Massad, Eduardo, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Ximenes, Raphael, Amaku, Marcos, Lopez, Luis Fernandez, Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra, Coelho, Giovanini Evelim, Da Silva Jr, Jarbas Barbosa, Struchiner, Claudio José, Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento
• 其他作者: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2014
• 主題: DRNTU::Science::Medicine
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103736; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20974
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup™, the biggest single-event competition in the world, from June 12-July 13 2014 in 12 cities. This event will draw an estimated 600,000 international visitors. Brazil is endemic for dengue. Hence, attendees of the 2014 event are theoretically at risk for dengue. We...