Domestic Aedes aegypti breeding site surveillance: Limitations of remote sensing as a predictive surveillance tool

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-264

  Moloney, James M ^a   Skelly, Chris ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^b   Maguire, Maxine ^a   Ritchie, Scott ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; DENGUE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0031660623     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.261     Document Type: Article

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