The unbearable lightness of technocratic efforts at dengue control

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 728-736

  Toledo, Maria E ^a   Baly, Alberto ^a   Vanlerberghe, Veerle ^b   Rodríguez, Maritza ^c   Benitez, Juan R ^c   Duvergel, Jacinto ^c   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^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; Behavioural change; Community participation; Control tools; Cuba; Dengue; Top down intervention

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREEDING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; INFESTATION; TANK;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CUBA; DENGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK-TAKING; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; GUANTANAMO;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 42449137540     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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