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Jorge Humberto Rojas Palacios1, Alberto Alzate2, Héctor Jairo Martínez Romero3

  • 1Grupo de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Secretaría de Salud Pública Municipal de Cali, Alcaldía Municipal de Santiago de Cali, Cali Colombia; Grupo de Investigación en modelos y métodos matemáticos para el control y vigilancia del dengue, Cali, Colombia.

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African continental ancestry groupAfroColombianEthnicitydengueecologicalepidemiological surveillanceethnic groupsprotective factorsrisk factors

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