Community beliefs and practices about dengue in Puerto Rico

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-226

  Pérez Guerra, Carmen L ^a,b   Zielinski Gutierrez, Emily ^b   Vargas Torres, Danulka ^a   Clark, Gary G ^a,c  

^a Dengue Branch   (Puerto Rico)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dengue; Health education; Puerto Rico; Vector control

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENDEMISM; HEALTH RISK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOSQUITO; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 67651091347     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892009000300005     Document Type: Article

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