Effectiveness of dengue control practices in household water containers in Northeast Thailand

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 755-763

  Phuanukoonnon, Suparat ^a   Mueller, Ivo ^b   Bryan, Joan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Dengue; DHF; Household; Khon Kaen; Larval control; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RURAL HYGIENE; THAILAND; URBAN HYGIENE; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; FISHES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; TEMEFOS; THAILAND; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KHON KAEN; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 23244436418     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01452.x     Document Type: Review

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