Dengue among United Nations mission in Haiti personnel, 1995: Implications for preventive medicine From: Military Medicine | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: Gambel, Jeffrey M; Drabick, Joseph J; Swalko, Michael A; Henchal, Erik A; Et al | Copyright Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. Apr 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The incidence of dengue infections has been increasing in the Caribbean, and cases have been identified among successive deployments of multinational peacekeepers to Haiti (19941997). In the absence of an effective vaccine or chemoprophylaxis to prevent dengue fever, vector-control operations and use of personal protection measures to prevent arthropod bites are the most effective means of limiting disease transmission. During our 5-month deployment as part of the United Nations Mission in Ha...