Assessment of a new strategy, based on Aedes aegypti (L.) pupal productivity, for the surveillance and control of dengue transmission in Thailand

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-171

  Barbazan, P ^a   Tuntaprasart, W ^a   Souris, M ^a   Demoraes, F ^a   Nitatpattana, N ^a   Boonyuan, W ^a   Gonzalez, J P ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); RURAL AREA; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUPA; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; THAILAND; URBAN HEALTH; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 44449149428     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X252296     Document Type: Article

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