Dengue vector prevalence and virus infection in a rural area in south India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-507

  Tewari, S C ^a   Thenmozhi, V ^a   Katholi, C R ^b   Manavalan, R ^a   Munirathinam, A ^a   Gajanana, A ^c,d  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Breteau index; Dengue virus isolation; Silent dengue transmission; Vector infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES VITTATUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCULATION; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERINEUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; VELLORE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 2342632483     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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