Shifting priorities in vector biology to improve control of vector-borne disease

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1505-1514

  Lambrechts, Louis ^a,b   Knox, Tessa B ^a   Wong, Jacklyn ^a   Liebman, Kelly A ^a   Albright, Rebecca G ^a   Stoddard, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Arthropod vectors; Capacity building; Heterogeneity; Transdisciplinarity; Vector biology; Vector control; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAPACITY BUILDING; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; MALARIA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PATHOGEN; PRIORITIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

BIOLOGY; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; WORLD HEALTH;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 70449395796     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02401.x     Document Type: Review

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