Emergency vector control in a DENV-2 outbreak in 2002 in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Teng, Hwa Jen ^a   Chen, Tzay Jinn ^b   Tsai, Shu Fen ^a   Lin, Chiung Pin ^a   Chiou, Horng Ying ^a   Lin, Min Cheng ^a   Yang, Shih Yan ^a   Lee, Yi Wun ^a   Kang, Chi Chieh ^c   Hsu, Ho Cheng ^d   Chang, Niann Tai ^e  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d Pingtung County Government   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; TAIWAN; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

EID: 34948835791     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2007.271     Document Type: Article

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