Cost effectiveness of Aedes aegypti control programmes: participatory versus vertical

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 578-586

  Baly, A ^a   Toledo, M E ^a   Boelaert, M ^b   Reyes, A ^a   Vanlerberghe, V ^b   Ceballos, E ^c   Carvajal, M ^c   Maso, R ^c   La Rosa, M ^c   Denis, O ^c   Van der Stuyft, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Provincial Center of Surveillance and Vector Control   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Community based programme; Control; Cost effectiveness analysis; Cuba; Dengue

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CUBA; DENGUE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUBA; DENGUE; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 34247279722     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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