Efficacy of resmethrin aerosols applied from the road for suppressing Culex vectors of West Nile virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Reddy, Michael R ^a   Spielman, Andrew ^a   Lepore, Timothy J ^a   Henley, David ^b   Kiszewski, Anthony E ^a   Reiter, Paul ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Adulticide; Arbovirus; Culex pipiens pipiens; Culex restuans; Mosquito control; Resmethrin; ULV; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

RESMETHRIN;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BOSTON; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MASSACHUSETTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; PYRETHRINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEATHER; WEST NILE FEVER;

CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33746174511     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.117     Document Type: Article

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