Trial of a community-based intervention to decrease infestation of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in cement washbasins in El Progreso, Honduras

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-183

  Fernandez E A ^a   Leontsini, E ^b   Sherman, C ^a   Chan, A S T ^b   Reyes, C E ^a   Lozano, R C ^a   Fuentes, B A ^a   Nichter, M ^c   Winch, P J ^b  

^a Depto de Enferm de Transmision V   (Honduras)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dengue; Honduras; Hygiene behaviour

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ARTICLE; CLEANING; DENGUE; HYGIENE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DETERGENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONDURAS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVUM; PUPA; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALGAE;

EID: 0032581055     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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