Towards active community participation in dengue vector control: results from action research in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-63

  Toledo, M E ^a   Vanlerberghe, V ^b   Baly, A ^a   Ceballos, E ^c   Valdes, L ^c   Searret, M ^c   Boelaert, M ^b   Van der Stuyft, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Unidad Provincial de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Community participation; Cuba; Dengue; Prevention; Vector control

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CUBA; DENGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 33751105307     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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