Effects of a five-year citywide intervention program to control Aedes aegypti and prevent dengue outbreaks in Northern Argentina

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Gürtler, Ricardo ^a   Garelli, Fernando M ^a,b   Coto, Héctor D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Fundacion Mundo Marino   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; RAIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARAGUAY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; AEDES; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; URBAN POPULATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65549125920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000427     Document Type: Article

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