Impact of a Dengue Outbreak Experience in the Preventive Perceptions of the Community from a Temperate Region: Madeira Island, Portugal

Teresa Nazareth; Carla Alexandra Sousa; Graça Porto; Luzia Gonçalves; Gonçalo Seixas; Luís Antunes; Ana Clara Silva; Rosa Teodósio

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003395

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Impact of a Dengue Outbreak Experience in the Preventive Perceptions of the Community from a Temperate Region: Madeira Island, Portugal

Teresa Nazareth,

Affiliations GABBA Doctoral Program, ICBAS, Abel Salazar Institute for the Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Unidade Clínica Tropical, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Unidade de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Carla Alexandra Sousa ,

* E-mail: 18casousa@gmail.com

Affiliations Unidade de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Unidade de Parasitologia e Microbiologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Graça Porto,

Affiliations GABBA Doctoral Program, ICBAS, Abel Salazar Institute for the Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Basic & Clinical Research on Iron Biology, IBMC, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Porto, Portugal
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Luzia Gonçalves,

Affiliations Unidade de Saúde Pública e Internacional e Bioestatística, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Estatística e Aplicações da Universidade de Lisboa (CEAUL), Lisboa, Portugal
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Gonçalo Seixas,

Affiliation Unidade de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Luís Antunes,

Affiliation DROTA—Direção de Serviços de Informação Geográfica e Cadastro, Direção Regional de Ordenamento de Território e Ambiente, Funchal, Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal
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Ana Clara Silva,

Affiliation Departamento de Saúde, Planeamento e Administração Geral, Instituto de Administração da Saúde e Assuntos Sociais, Funchal, Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal
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Rosa Teodósio

Affiliations Unidade Clínica Tropical, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Malária e Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Impact of a Dengue Outbreak Experience in the Preventive Perceptions of the Community from a Temperate Region: Madeira Island, Portugal

Teresa Nazareth,
Carla Alexandra Sousa,
Graça Porto,
Luzia Gonçalves,
Gonçalo Seixas,
Luís Antunes,
Ana Clara Silva,
Rosa Teodósio

Published: March 13, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003395

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