Aedes aegypti in Jamaica, West Indies: Container productivity profiles to inform control strategies

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-227

  Chadee, D D ^a   Huntley, S ^b   Focks, D A ^c   Chen, A A ^d  

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

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^c Infectious Disease Analysis LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Container profiles; Dengue; Jamaica; Pupae per person

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUPA; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTAINER; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; JAMAICA; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT VECTORS; JAMAICA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; SEASONS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS; STEGOMYIA;

EID: 60349098452     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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