Social and environmental determinants of Aedes aegypti infestation in Central Havana: Results of a case-control study nested in an integrated dengue surveillance programme in Cuba

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-510

  Spiegel, Jerry M ^a   Bonet, Mariano ^b   Ibarra, Ana Maria ^b   Pagliccia, Nino ^a   Ouellette, Veronic ^a   Yassi, Annalee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Case control; Dengue control; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; MOSQUITO; OVERCROWDING; PARASITE INFESTATION; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZOOLOGY;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUBA; DENGUE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIUDAD DE LA HABANA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; HAVANA;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 34247331414     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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