2021
Dengue Virus Infections among Peace Corps Volunteers in Timor-Leste, 2018–2019
Sánchez-González L, Venuto M, Poe S, Major C, Baskara L, Abdiyeva S, Murphy D, Munoz-Jordan J, Medina F, Paz-Bailey G, Petersen K, Becker K, Sharp T. Dengue Virus Infections among Peace Corps Volunteers in Timor-Leste, 2018–2019. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 104: 2202-2209. PMID: 33901000, PMCID: PMC8176509, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDengue virus infectionMosquito avoidance behaviorsVirus infectionPeace Corps volunteersAnti-DENV IgM antibodiesPeace Corps Medical OfficersOngoing health risksReporting feverDENV infectionIgM antibodiesRecent infectionEpidemiological characteristicsClinical managementMedical recordsMosquito bitesBed netsCollected bloodHealth servicesTravel historyDisease severityDisease controlInfectionMedical officersPreventive measuresDengue
2013
Dengue outbreak--Federated States of Micronesia, 2012-2013.
Taulung L, Masao C, Palik H, Samo M, Barrow L, Pretrick M, Nilles E, Kool J, Aure F, Simmons R, Moore F, Pyke A, Taylor C, Cao-Lormeau V, Sharp T, Chen T. Dengue outbreak--Federated States of Micronesia, 2012-2013. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2013, 62: 570-3. PMID: 23863704, PMCID: PMC4604812.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid diagnostic testsNonstructural protein 1World Health OrganizationHealth servicesDengue virus nonstructural protein 1Dengue outbreakHospital surge capacityVirus nonstructural protein 1Resource-limited settingsPublic health activitiesPublic health servicesOutbreak response plansMuscle painClinical managementImmunoglobulin MEnhanced surveillanceEpidemiologic surveillanceSurge capacityHealth consequencesDiagnostic testsHealth activitiesHealth OrganizationProtein 1Laboratory servicesDengue