Transmission thresholds for dengue in terms of Aedes aegypti pupae per person with discussion of their utility in source reduction efforts

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Focks, Dana A ^a   Brenner, Richard J ^a   Hayes, Jack ^b   Daniels, Eric ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034066217     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.11     Document Type: Article

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