Surveillance of dengue fever cases using a novel Aedes aegypti population sampling method in Trinidad, West Indies: the cardinal points approach

Acta Tropica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Chadee, Dave D ^a   Doon, Rohit ^b   Severson, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cardinal points method; Container profile and productivity; Dengue; Surveillance; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; MOSQUITO;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 34848859572     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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