Sentinel surveillance at airports: Experience of dengue and COVID-19 prevention in Taiwan

Ko Chang^{1

2}, Chao-Ying Pan³, Po-Liang Lu^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Bureau of Public Health, Kaohsiung City Government, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Ko Chang et al. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;36(8):665-666.

doi: 10.1002/kjm2.12265. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

Ko Chang^{1

2}, Chao-Ying Pan³, Po-Liang Lu^{2

4}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Bureau of Public Health, Kaohsiung City Government, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare no conflict of interest.

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